# Pilkhuri Village, Burdwan - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Burdwan - I, Barddhaman 

# Pilkhuri

Pilkhuri is a village in Burdwan - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,505 people in 369 households**, the 45th largest of 75 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 1,505people (2011)
- 369households
- 65.5%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pilkhuri

Of every 100 households in Pilkhuri in 2011, 34 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pilkhuri · ■ Burdwan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**48%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**43%

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

**6%

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

**74%

Use banking services ****48%**

**50%

Television ****18%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****36%**

**25%

Own their home ****85%**

**93%

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 Pilkhuri?

■ Pilkhuri · ■ Burdwan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1261**

**981

Working population ****50.6%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 56.9% for women. 65% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 134 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 367 (48%) · **■** Other work 53 (7%) · **■** Marginal 208 (27%)

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 Burdwan - I

- Nutangram1,791 people
- Matial1,669 people
- Shonpur1,603 people
- Kamarkita1,535 people
- Chandutia1,416 people
- Bakalsa1,337 people
- Belkash1,244 people
- Tentulia1,236 people

[All 76 villages in Burdwan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/burdwan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pilkhuri?1,505 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pilkhuri in?Barddhaman district (Burdwan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pilkhuri?65.5% (Census 2011)