Claim: Purbasthali II registered 70.35% literacy rate (the percentage of a population of a given age group that can read and write), the lowest in Kalna subdivision of Bardhaman district as per 2011 census.
Evidence: Kalna I – 75.81% Kalna II – 76.25% Manteswar – 73.08% Purbasthali I – 77.59% Purbasthali II – 70.35%