# Panchkula Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Panchkula

Panchkula is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **706 people in 134 households**, the 84th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 706people (2011)
- 134households
- 62.1%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchkula

Of every 100 households in Panchkula in 2011, 36 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panchkula · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**75%

Use banking services ****62%**

**53%

Television ****10%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Panchkula?

■ Panchkula · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.1%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**948

Working population ****38.7%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 48.5% for women. 55% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (19%) · **■** Household industry 8 (3%) · **■** Other work 18 (7%) · **■** Marginal 94 (34%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Baikunthapur716 people
- Beshia716 people
- Rautara709 people
- Shyamnagar708 people
- Isabpur696 people
- Gopikantapur693 people
- Barachatra687 people
- Shitaljor687 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchkula?706 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchkula in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchkula?62.1% (Census 2011)