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

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Pakhuria

Pakhuria is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,042 people in 255 households**, the 51st largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,042people (2011)
- 255households
- 73.1%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakhuria

Of every 100 households in Pakhuria in 2011, 69 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pakhuria · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**45%

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

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**92%

Use banking services ****100%**

**55%

Television ****26%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****29%**

**32%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Pakhuria?

■ Pakhuria · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**975

Working population ****47.1%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 61.3% for women. 58% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 85 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 365 (74%) · **■** Other work 39 (8%) · **■** Marginal 2 (0%)

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

- Tausia1,103 people
- Jhikadda1,088 people
- Rautgara1,052 people
- Kusumi1,045 people
- Sandhigara1,003 people
- Mehedinagar994 people
- Dumra961 people
- Durakhi938 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakhuria?1,042 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakhuria in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakhuria?73.1% (Census 2011)