# Pankhai Village, Jaypur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaypur, Bankura 

# Pankhai

Pankhai is a village in Jaypur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,504 people in 321 households**, the 31st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,504people (2011)
- 321households
- 69.1%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pankhai

Of every 100 households in Pankhai in 2011, 53 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pankhai · ■ Jaypur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**73%

Tap water ****85%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**16%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**79%

Use banking services ****25%**

**62%

Television ****28%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**12%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Pankhai?

■ Pankhai · ■ Jaypur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****868**

**951

Working population ****43.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 61.1% for women. 58% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 161 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 156 (24%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 30 (5%) · **■** Marginal 290 (45%)

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 Jaypur

- Kunrre1,605 people
- Jujur1,590 people
- Mahaldanga1,577 people
- Abhirampur1,531 people
- Paschim Karakbere1,400 people
- Padumpur1,332 people
- Supur1,250 people
- Rohilakon1,243 people

[All 139 villages in Jaypur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/jaypur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pankhai?1,504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pankhai in?Bankura district (Jaypur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pankhai?69.1% (Census 2011)