# Paikar Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Paikar

Paikar is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,250 people in 2,751 households**, the 2nd largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 12,250people (2011)
- 2,751households
- 61.1%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikar

Of every 100 households in Paikar in 2011, 60 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Paikar · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**85%

Tap water ****61%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**95%

Use banking services ****48%**

**25%

Television ****26%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****39%**

**58%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

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 Paikar?

■ Paikar · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**964

Working population ****36.1%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 56.1% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 425 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,109 (25%) · **■** Household industry 297 (7%) · **■** Other work 1,556 (35%) · **■** Marginal 1,034 (23%)

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 - II

- Mitrapur15,452 people
- Rudranagar10,756 people
- Kathia8,465 people
- Jijigram6,977 people
- Dantura6,870 people

[All 71 villages in Murarai - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikar?12,250 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikar in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikar?61.1% (Census 2011)