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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Panthanpara

Panthanpara is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **680 people in 155 households**, the 76th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 680people (2011)
- 155households
- 90.5%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panthanpara

Of every 100 households in Panthanpara in 2011, 64 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panthanpara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****21%**

**32%

Television ****31%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Panthanpara?

■ Panthanpara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.5%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**972

Working population ****81.2%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 86.6% for women. 83% of men and 79% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 146 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (2%) · **■** Marginal 393 (71%)

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

- Bikaldanga708 people
- Angaran696 people
- Balipukur694 people
- Banipara692 people
- Rasulpur666 people
- Baraharipur661 people
- Kanur652 people
- Dhumpara622 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panthanpara?680 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panthanpara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panthanpara?90.5% (Census 2011)