# Panchmura Village, Taldangra, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Taldangra, Bankura 

# Panchmura

Panchmura is a village in Taldangra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,719 people in 797 households**, the 4th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 3,719people (2011)
- 797households
- 76.7%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchmura

Of every 100 households in Panchmura in 2011, 51 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Panchmura · ■ Taldangra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**85%

Tap water ****9%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**88%

Use banking services ****41%**

**59%

Television ****30%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**19%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Panchmura?

■ Panchmura · ■ Taldangra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1179**

**978

Working population ****35.7%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 68.3% for women. 58% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 291 (22%) · **■** Household industry 122 (9%) · **■** Other work 638 (48%) · **■** Marginal 212 (16%)

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 Taldangra

- Rajpur7,497 people
- Chenchurya6,185 people
- Bibarda5,399 people
- Gamarbani3,256 people
- Harmasra3,131 people
- Sonajhor2,750 people
- Mamrasol2,715 people

[All 145 villages in Taldangra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/taldangra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchmura?3,719 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchmura in?Bankura district (Taldangra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchmura?76.7% (Census 2011)