# Panchshoa Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Panchshoa

Panchshoa is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,851 people in 455 households**, the 32nd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,851people (2011)
- 455households
- 69.2%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchshoa

Of every 100 households in Panchshoa in 2011, 57 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panchshoa · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**73%

Tap water ****2%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**82%

Use banking services ****90%**

**61%

Television ****20%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Panchshoa?

■ Panchshoa · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1136**

**972

Working population ****47.1%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 59.8% for women. 63% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 82 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 344 (39%) · **■** Other work 65 (7%) · **■** Marginal 380 (44%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Albandha2,087 people
- Goalpara2,044 people
- Salan2,038 people
- Chhota Shimulia1,940 people
- Chandanpur1,849 people
- Supur1,803 people
- Adityapur1,785 people
- Kankutia1,752 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchshoa?1,851 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchshoa in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchshoa?69.2% (Census 2011)