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

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Porajhar

Porajhar is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **577 people in 125 households**, the 112th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 577people (2011)
- 125households
- 79.4%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Porajhar

Of every 100 households in Porajhar in 2011, 27 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Porajhar · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****6%**

**25%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Porajhar?

■ Porajhar · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1068**

**951

Working population ****36.4%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 75.9% for women. 48% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (26%) · **■** Household industry 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 8 (4%) · **■** Marginal 58 (28%)

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

- Disnagar609 people
- Behatair593 people
- Kaitara588 people
- Latimirzapur582 people
- Rasulpur576 people
- Abail574 people
- Amrulbari573 people
- Sahabazpur573 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Porajhar?577 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Porajhar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Porajhar?79.4% (Census 2011)