# Piashala Village, Suri - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Suri - II, Birbhum 

# Piashala

Piashala is a village in Suri - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,213 people in 553 households**, the 4th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.7%.

- 2,213people (2011)
- 553households
- 66.4%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Piashala

Of every 100 households in Piashala in 2011, 42 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Piashala · ■ Suri - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**81%

Tap water ****4%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**82%

Use banking services ****76%**

**69%

Television ****17%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Piashala?

■ Piashala · ■ Suri - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**72.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1185**

**948

Working population ****40.4%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 56.8% for women. 58% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 179 (20%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 101 (11%) · **■** Marginal 486 (54%)

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 Suri - II

- Purandarpur4,566 people
- Kendua3,309 people
- Damdam2,448 people
- Parbatipur2,138 people
- Fatepur1,895 people
- Dhaltikri1,874 people
- Abinashpur1,846 people

[All 95 villages in Suri - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/suri-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Piashala?2,213 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piashala in?Birbhum district (Suri - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Piashala?66.4% (Census 2011)