# Paniara Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Paniara

Paniara is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,889 people in 412 households**, the 30th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 1,889people (2011)
- 412households
- 46.1%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paniara

Of every 100 households in Paniara in 2011, 23 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paniara · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**84%

Tap water ****5%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**86%

Use banking services ****1%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****62%**

**46%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Paniara?

■ Paniara · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.1%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****832**

**983

Working population ****26.5%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.5% for men and 41.8% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 70 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 306 (61%) · **■** Other work 78 (16%) · **■** Marginal 47 (9%)

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 Murarai - I

- Gopalpur2,285 people
- Na-Ani Gangadda2,120 people
- Kalitara2,063 people
- Raghunathpur2,052 people
- Dalima1,818 people
- Sohara1,816 people
- Mahimuji1,795 people
- Sumarpur1,784 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paniara?1,889 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paniara in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paniara?46.1% (Census 2011)