# Paikurmuri Village, Manteswar, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Manteswar, Barddhaman 

# Paikurmuri

Paikurmuri is a village in Manteswar sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,056 people in 245 households**, the 80th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,056people (2011)
- 245households
- 60.9%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikurmuri

Of every 100 households in Paikurmuri in 2011, 47 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paikurmuri · ■ Manteswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**52%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**26%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**88%

Use banking services ****68%**

**68%

Television ****18%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Paikurmuri?

■ Paikurmuri · ■ Manteswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****852**

**968

Working population ****32.3%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.1% for men and 57.2% for women. 58% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 51 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 238 (70%) · **■** Other work 43 (13%) · **■** Marginal 9 (3%)

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 Manteswar

- Ganguria1,089 people
- Bhelia1,066 people
- Nutangram1,059 people
- Gohaildanga1,058 people
- Isnabuzruk1,046 people
- Ausgram1,018 people
- Bharucha964 people
- Hazrapur959 people

[All 144 villages in Manteswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/manteswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikurmuri?1,056 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikurmuri in?Barddhaman district (Manteswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikurmuri?60.9% (Census 2011)