# Patharkata Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Patharkata

Patharkata is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **324 people in 69 households**, the 100th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 324people (2011)
- 69households
- 58.2%literacy
- 800females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patharkata

Of every 100 households in Patharkata in 2011, 37 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Patharkata · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**68%

Use banking services ****94%**

**35%

Television ****3%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Patharkata?

■ Patharkata · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.2%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****800**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****680**

**961

Working population ****38.9%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.6% for men and 41.7% for women. 51% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 54 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (12%) · **■** Other work 55 (44%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bankura - I

- Nawdi369 people
- Baraleedya363 people
- Faguakanali356 people
- Bhagabanpur336 people
- Pathrabaid309 people
- Jethia305 people
- Jambedia303 people
- Kaludihi295 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patharkata?324 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patharkata in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Patharkata?58.2% (Census 2011)