# Pargaon Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Pargaon

Pargaon is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **718 people in 163 households**, the 98th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 718people (2011)
- 163households
- 81.7%literacy
- 1,057females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pargaon

Of every 100 households in Pargaon in 2011, 46 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pargaon · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**37%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****90%**

**57%

Television ****34%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**33%

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 Pargaon?

■ Pargaon · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1057**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839**

**961

Working population ****36.6%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 77.3% for women. 68% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (5%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 54 (21%) · **■** Marginal 89 (34%)

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 Sainthia

- Samsa731 people
- Purbba Sundalpur726 people
- Jashoda723 people
- Bagdola721 people
- Pakuria713 people
- Baharapur712 people
- Babuia684 people
- Khanerpara683 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pargaon?718 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pargaon in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pargaon?81.7% (Census 2011)