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

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Panitara

Panitara is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **249 people in 64 households**, the 174th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 249people (2011)
- 64households
- 60.7%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panitara

Of every 100 households in Panitara in 2011, 33 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panitara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****11%**

**25%

Television ****25%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Panitara?

■ Panitara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**951

Working population ****41.4%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.8% for men and 52.8% for women. 60% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (23%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (28%) · **■** Marginal 31 (30%)

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

- Gaurangapur264 people
- Udaypur262 people
- Khandara253 people
- Krisnagar252 people
- Raghunathpur244 people
- Matizapur237 people
- Gopalpur235 people
- Jagannathpur230 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panitara?249 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panitara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panitara?60.7% (Census 2011)