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

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Panchahar

Panchahar is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,578 people in 369 households**, the 46th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 1,578people (2011)
- 369households
- 53.6%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchahar

Of every 100 households in Panchahar in 2011, 25 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panchahar · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****73%**

**25%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****66%**

**58%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Panchahar?

■ Panchahar · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.6%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1355**

**964

Working population ****36.6%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.5% for men and 49.5% for women. 58% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 361 (63%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 102 (18%) · **■** Marginal 66 (11%)

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

- Kamalpur1,952 people
- Mallikpur1,858 people
- Chauti1,682 people
- Tirgram1,630 people
- Shripur1,568 people
- Gobindapur1,407 people
- Narachauti1,403 people
- Simgram1,375 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchahar?1,578 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchahar in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchahar?53.6% (Census 2011)