# Pankua Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Pankua

Pankua is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **172 people in 39 households**, the 141st largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 172people (2011)
- 39households
- 65.2%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pankua

Of every 100 households in Pankua in 2011, 10 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pankua · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**67%

Use banking services ****5%**

**43%

Television ****2%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Pankua?

■ Pankua · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**908

Working population ****39.0%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 51.3% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 12 (18%) · **■** Household industry 8 (12%) · **■** Other work 6 (9%) · **■** Marginal 41 (61%)

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

- Kudra211 people
- Chhola Baid182 people
- Abhirampur179 people
- Mandi175 people
- Chhota Lachhipur161 people
- Chandipur153 people
- Atarya150 people
- Narayanpur147 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pankua?172 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pankua in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pankua?65.2% (Census 2011)