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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Panchhata

Panchhata is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,023 people in 470 households**, the 15th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 2,023people (2011)
- 470households
- 55.6%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchhata

Of every 100 households in Panchhata in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panchhata · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**93%

Use banking services ****10%**

**18%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Panchhata?

■ Panchhata · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**955

Working population ****37.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.0% for men and 45.9% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 331 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 364 (48%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 27 (4%) · **■** Marginal 41 (5%)

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

- Lohaganja2,367 people
- Jarail2,333 people
- Lakshmipur2,268 people
- Dehabanda2,161 people
- Betahar1,942 people
- Manikor1,886 people
- Ekdala Bahirhata1,878 people
- Anantapur1,832 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchhata?2,023 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchhata in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchhata?55.6% (Census 2011)