# Prayagpur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Prayagpur

Prayagpur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **635 people in 134 households**, the 95th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 635people (2011)
- 134households
- 69.2%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Prayagpur

Of every 100 households in Prayagpur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Prayagpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****44%**

**75%

Use banking services ****15%**

**53%

Television ****17%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Prayagpur?

■ Prayagpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**948

Working population ****43.3%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 62.6% for women. 63% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 42 (15%) · **■** Marginal 207 (75%)

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

- Ramchandrapur672 people
- Karachmani Khayarsol658 people
- Birsingpur657 people
- Bhula650 people
- Rani Bandh628 people
- Bneshe625 people
- Karjbani616 people
- Krishnabati612 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Prayagpur?635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Prayagpur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Prayagpur?69.2% (Census 2011)