# Pachandi Village, Ketugram - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ketugram - II, Barddhaman 

# Pachandi

Pachandi is a village in Ketugram - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,975 people in 700 households**, the 15th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.0%.

- 2,975people (2011)
- 700households
- 55.7%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pachandi

Of every 100 households in Pachandi in 2011, 44 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pachandi · ■ Ketugram - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**62%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**92%

Use banking services ****68%**

**57%

Television ****33%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Pachandi?

■ Pachandi · ■ Ketugram - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.7%**

**66.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**954

Working population ****31.5%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 48.7% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 180 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 384 (41%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 248 (26%) · **■** Marginal 101 (11%)

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 Ketugram - II

- Billeswar Rasui3,625 people
- Uddharanpur3,437 people
- Birahimpur3,316 people
- Sujapur3,164 people
- Naihati2,812 people
- Shiblun2,589 people
- Gomai2,394 people
- Balutia2,290 people

[All 56 villages in Ketugram - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ketugram-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pachandi?2,975 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pachandi in?Barddhaman district (Ketugram - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pachandi?55.7% (Census 2011)