# Pachamba Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Pachamba

Pachamba is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **598 people in 133 households**, the 100th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 598people (2011)
- 133households
- 56.3%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pachamba

Of every 100 households in Pachamba in 2011, 33 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pachamba · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**67%

Use banking services ****56%**

**43%

Television ****31%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Pachamba?

■ Pachamba · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.3%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****635**

**908

Working population ****41.5%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 41.8% for women. 61% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (32%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 51 (21%) · **■** Marginal 68 (27%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Maraya638 people
- Kallapur624 people
- Thumkonra623 people
- Gopinathpur616 people
- Kamalpur584 people
- Hare Krishnapur580 people
- Mukunda Pur558 people
- Anandapur545 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pachamba?598 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pachamba in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pachamba?56.3% (Census 2011)