# Paik Jhara Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Paik Jhara

Paik Jhara is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **200 people in 48 households**, the 183rd largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 200people (2011)
- 48households
- 63.6%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paik Jhara

Of every 100 households in Paik Jhara in 2011, 44 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Paik Jhara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**36%

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

**26%

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

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****2%**

**25%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Paik Jhara?

■ Paik Jhara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**951

Working population ****46.0%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 47.7% for women. 56% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 14 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (82%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

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 Kumarganj

- Gunsi216 people
- Khorda Mohana210 people
- Jhaubari206 people
- Katnapara202 people
- Dilpachhanda194 people
- Nizamtara173 people
- Pashchim Gobindapur173 people
- Bhagabanpur171 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paik Jhara?200 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paik Jhara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paik Jhara?63.6% (Census 2011)