# Paikpara Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Paikpara

Paikpara is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,712 people in 415 households**, the 25th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,712people (2011)
- 415households
- 69.6%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikpara

Of every 100 households in Paikpara in 2011, 48 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Paikpara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****36%**

**25%

Television ****30%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**33%

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 Paikpara?

■ Paikpara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1032**

**951

Working population ****36.2%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 60.8% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 270 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 194 (31%) · **■** Household industry 27 (4%) · **■** Other work 93 (15%) · **■** Marginal 36 (6%)

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

- Jhara1,773 people
- Tulat1,762 people
- Saidpur1,740 people
- Nabagram1,726 people
- Gobindapur1,678 people
- Radhanagar1,614 people
- Sitahar1,537 people
- Chural Krishnapur1,521 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikpara?1,712 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikpara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikpara?69.6% (Census 2011)