# Piakhan Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Piakhan

Piakhan is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **387 people in 89 households**, the 194th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 387people (2011)
- 89households
- 72.0%literacy
- 1,059females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Piakhan

Of every 100 households in Piakhan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Piakhan · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****57%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Piakhan?

■ Piakhan · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1059**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**965

Working population ****62.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 65.7% for women. 70% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 42 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (44%) · **■** Marginal 94 (39%)

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 Balurghat

- Tursail406 people
- Bhabanipur402 people
- Chaurapara393 people
- Dakshin Chakalam393 people
- Bharendra382 people
- Uttar Sibrampur380 people
- Noapara373 people
- Bamnahar371 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Piakhan?387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piakhan in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Piakhan?72.0% (Census 2011)