# Panktor Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Panktor

Panktor is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,494 people in 523 households**, the 15th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,494people (2011)
- 523households
- 72.3%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panktor

Of every 100 households in Panktor in 2011, 65 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Panktor · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**86%

Tap water ****2%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**67%

Use banking services ****71%**

**43%

Television ****35%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Panktor?

■ Panktor · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**908

Working population ****35.6%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 58.4% for women. 54% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 21 (2%) · **■** Other work 297 (33%) · **■** Marginal 501 (56%)

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

- Saltora2,928 people
- Latiabani2,847 people
- Macha Parulia2,605 people
- Barasal2,550 people
- Bishinda2,373 people
- Bara Kumira2,355 people
- Chausal2,328 people
- Amjor2,279 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panktor?2,494 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panktor in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panktor?72.3% (Census 2011)