# Panchanagar Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Panchanagar

Panchanagar is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **499 people in 104 households**, the 144th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 499people (2011)
- 104households
- 66.0%literacy
- 1,248females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchanagar

Of every 100 households in Panchanagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panchanagar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

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

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****99%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****28%**

**18%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Panchanagar?

■ Panchanagar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1248**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**955

Working population ****64.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.0% for men and 60.8% for women. 64% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 133 (41%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 104 (32%)

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 Kushmundi

- Kumruk520 people
- Raghabpur520 people
- Bhaktipur516 people
- Durllabhpur516 people
- Maulai492 people
- Mastail489 people
- Madhabpur Baragachhi481 people
- Badbighor478 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchanagar?499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchanagar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchanagar?66.0% (Census 2011)