# Panjarpara Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Panjarpara

Panjarpara is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,233 people in 548 households**, the 12th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 2,233people (2011)
- 548households
- 73.5%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panjarpara

Of every 100 households in Panjarpara in 2011, 49 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Panjarpara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**89%

Use banking services ****32%**

**32%

Television ****31%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Panjarpara?

■ Panjarpara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**972

Working population ****40.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 68.4% for women. 60% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 134 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 300 (34%) · **■** Household industry 98 (11%) · **■** Other work 221 (25%) · **■** Marginal 140 (16%)

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 Bansihari

- Barail2,506 people
- Aligara2,417 people
- Jamar2,341 people
- Kail2,244 people
- Badalpur1,892 people
- Amai1,869 people
- Thingur1,796 people
- Jaharpur1,767 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panjarpara?2,233 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panjarpara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panjarpara?73.5% (Census 2011)