# Piritchak Village, Kotulpur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Kotulpur, Bankura 

# Piritchak

Piritchak is a village in Kotulpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **426 people in 99 households**, the 114th largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 426people (2011)
- 99households
- 81.6%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Piritchak

Of every 100 households in Piritchak in 2011, 60 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Piritchak · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**60%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**28%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**81%

Use banking services ****80%**

**65%

Television ****45%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**11%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Piritchak?

■ Piritchak · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**969

Working population ****60.6%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 75.4% for women. 70% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 50 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (9%) · **■** Other work 83 (32%) · **■** Marginal 101 (39%)

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 Kotulpur

- Chhanua437 people
- Mukha436 people
- Asude434 people
- Jaljala428 people
- Napukur420 people
- Dashere414 people
- Chhota Pagla412 people
- Pal Puskarini384 people

[All 169 villages in Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Piritchak?426 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piritchak in?Bankura district (Kotulpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Piritchak?81.6% (Census 2011)