# Panjul Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Panjul

Panjul is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,014 people in 241 households**, the 35th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 1,014people (2011)
- 241households
- 78.3%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panjul

Of every 100 households in Panjul in 2011, 45 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panjul · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**60%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****45%**

**36%

Television ****30%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Panjul?

■ Panjul · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**966

Working population ****40.6%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 71.0% for women. 55% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (22%) · **■** Household industry 48 (12%) · **■** Other work 82 (20%) · **■** Marginal 170 (41%)

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 Hilli

- Tior1,133 people
- Banara1,114 people
- Lakma1,036 people
- Dharanda1,017 people
- Balpara980 people
- Chakurpai959 people
- Mulahat956 people
- Nawapara953 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panjul?1,014 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panjul in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panjul?78.3% (Census 2011)