# Pilsoan Village, Mangolkote, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Mangolkote, Barddhaman 

# Pilsoan

Pilsoan is a village in Mangolkote sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,274 people in 323 households**, the 74th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 1,274people (2011)
- 323households
- 69.4%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pilsoan

Of every 100 households in Pilsoan in 2011, 38 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pilsoan · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**26%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****8%**

**59%

Television ****6%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**36%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Pilsoan?

■ Pilsoan · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**986

Working population ****38.8%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 66.3% for women. 61% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 192 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 253 (51%) · **■** Other work 23 (5%) · **■** Marginal 26 (5%)

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 Mangolkote

- Kharija Kshirgram1,300 people
- Ramnagar1,297 people
- Amdob1,284 people
- Balidanga1,278 people
- Chak Kharija Kshirgram1,219 people
- Singat1,212 people
- Kotalghosh1,207 people
- Sarulia1,158 people

[All 132 villages in Mangolkote](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/mangolkote/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pilsoan?1,274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pilsoan in?Barddhaman district (Mangolkote sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pilsoan?69.4% (Census 2011)