# Pahana Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Pahana

Pahana is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **601 people in 168 households**, the 79th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 601people (2011)
- 168households
- 79.6%literacy
- 861females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pahana

Of every 100 households in Pahana in 2011, 54 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pahana · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****100%**

**55%

Television ****22%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****19%**

**32%

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 Pahana?

■ Pahana · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****861**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1030**

**975

Working population ****40.4%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 69.3% for women. 56% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (62%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (11%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Kalitara632 people
- Haturia627 people
- Podda614 people
- Layekpur609 people
- Baicha590 people
- Namakanda583 people
- Kanksa563 people
- Samachar547 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pahana?601 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pahana in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pahana?79.6% (Census 2011)