# Pathara Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Pathara

Pathara is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,356 people in 311 households**, the 40th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,356people (2011)
- 311households
- 58.7%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pathara

Of every 100 households in Pathara in 2011, 50 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pathara · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**37%

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

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**75%

Use banking services ****95%**

**53%

Television ****14%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Pathara?

■ Pathara · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.7%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**948

Working population ****51.1%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 46.6% for women. 66% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 178 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 54 (8%) · **■** Marginal 437 (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 Sonamukhi

- Purba Nabasan1,446 people
- Bara1,421 people
- Amshol1,389 people
- Purba Nandarampur1,376 people
- Naruala1,338 people
- Bhaluk Khan1,322 people
- Sona Dwipa1,288 people
- Rupat Ganj1,266 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pathara?1,356 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pathara in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pathara?58.7% (Census 2011)