# Paira Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Paira

Paira is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,516 people in 300 households**, the 14th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,516people (2011)
- 300households
- 59.8%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paira

Of every 100 households in Paira in 2011, 38 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Paira · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**94%

Tap water ****5%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**90%

Use banking services ****62%**

**50%

Television ****19%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Paira?

■ Paira · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1187**

**969

Working population ****44.3%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 46.1% for women. 57% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (3%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 182 (27%) · **■** Marginal 425 (63%)

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 Hirbandh

- Hir Bandh1,733 people
- Dhanarangi1,635 people
- Jibanpur1,567 people
- Chanpasol1,538 people
- Elora1,504 people
- Bamni1,425 people
- Bhojda1,420 people
- Tilabani1,395 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paira?1,516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paira in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paira?59.8% (Census 2011)