Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Panjara

Panjara is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 459 people in 113 households, the 179th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.
- 459 people (2011)
- 113 households
- 50.8% literacy
- 1,106 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panjara

Of every 100 households in Panjara in 2011, 8 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panjara · ■ Tapan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 8% 31%
- Toilet within the home 3% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 75%
- Tap water 1% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 25% 26%
- Television 1% 16%
- Mobile phone 0% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 82% 33%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Panjara?

■ Panjara · ■ Tapan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 50.8% 68.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1106 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1481 954
- Working population 42.3% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.9% for men and 48.8% for women. 61% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 29 (15%) · ■ Farm labourers 81 (42%) · ■ Other work 3 (2%) · ■ Marginal 81 (42%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Tapan
- Mahukuri 479 people
- Mehur 469 people
- Rajapur 468 people
- Karanjabari 464 people
- Pachim Nimpur 453 people
- Nahirkuri 452 people
- Rampara 450 people
- Uttar Kasrail 450 people

All 279 villages in Tapan

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## Quick answers
- What is the population of Panjara? 459 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panjara in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panjara? 50.8% (Census 2011)

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