# Painta Village, Nalhati - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nalhati - I, Birbhum 

# Painta

Painta is a village in Nalhati - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,427 people in 339 households**, the 55th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.5%.

- 1,427people (2011)
- 339households
- 79.3%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Painta

Of every 100 households in Painta in 2011, 41 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Painta · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**28%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****91%**

**46%

Television ****21%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****44%**

**41%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Painta?

■ Painta · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**75.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**959

Working population ****35.6%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 71.2% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 134 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 207 (41%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 57 (11%) · **■** Marginal 94 (19%)

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 Nalhati - I

- Diha1,535 people
- Sanketpur1,485 people
- Rameshwarpur1,453 people
- Santoshpur1,453 people
- Kadashir1,393 people
- Pakha1,343 people
- Madna1,330 people
- Kadya1,243 people

[All 94 villages in Nalhati - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Painta?1,427 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Painta in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Painta?79.3% (Census 2011)