# Paikpara Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Paikpara

Paikpara is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **999 people in 233 households**, the 58th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 999people (2011)
- 233households
- 68.1%literacy
- 1,014females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikpara

Of every 100 households in Paikpara in 2011, 53 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Paikpara · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

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

**87%

Use banking services ****95%**

**62%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**16%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Paikpara?

■ Paikpara · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**985

Working population ****38.7%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 64.6% for women. 62% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (34%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 105 (27%) · **■** Marginal 59 (15%)

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 Vishnupur

- Belshula1,028 people
- Penera1,026 people
- Chaubetya1,018 people
- Agun Kumari1,004 people
- Patlapur998 people
- Siromanipur912 people
- Uparsol909 people
- Madhuban908 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikpara?999 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikpara in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikpara?68.1% (Census 2011)