# Pataram Village, Naxalbari, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Naxalbari, Darjiling 

# Pataram

Pataram is a village in Naxalbari sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **252 people in 46 households**, the 65th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 252people (2011)
- 46households
- 55.6%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pataram

Of every 100 households in Pataram in 2011, 17 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pataram · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**67%

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

**48%

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

**52%

Tap water ****76%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**39%

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

**16%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****2%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**78%

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 Pataram?

■ Pataram · ■ Naxalbari rural average

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

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****583**

**966

Working population ****25.8%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.5% for men and 52.8% for women. 43% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (34%) · **■** Other work 37 (57%) · **■** Marginal 3 (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 Naxalbari

- Dhemal459 people
- Panta Pari Forest434 people
- Gram Manir Chhat340 people
- Nimubhitar Chhat274 people
- Mingharar Chhat245 people
- Sirsia Tea Garden245 people
- Jhabar Chhat243 people
- Surajbar235 people

[All 94 villages in Naxalbari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/naxalbari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pataram?252 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pataram in?Darjiling district (Naxalbari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pataram?55.6% (Census 2011)