# Pakuria Village, Shyampur - II, Haora (West Bengal)

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Village · Shyampur - II, Haora 

# Pakuria

Pakuria is a village in Shyampur - II sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,581 people in 529 households**, the 26th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 2,581people (2011)
- 529households
- 84.4%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakuria

Of every 100 households in Pakuria in 2011, 37 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pakuria · ■ Shyampur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**92%

Use banking services ****38%**

**28%

Television ****18%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Pakuria?

■ Pakuria · ■ Shyampur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1102**

**961

Working population ****32.9%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 78.8% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (12%) · **■** Household industry 93 (11%) · **■** Other work 329 (39%) · **■** Marginal 234 (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 Shyampur - II

- Ramnagar2,820 people
- Amardaha2,812 people
- Uddhabpur2,697 people
- Mosha2,629 people
- Pashchim Gazipur2,539 people
- Damodarpur2,516 people
- Chhotaradhanagar2,383 people
- Marshal2,382 people

[All 73 villages in Shyampur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/haora/shyampur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakuria?2,581 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakuria in?Haora district (Shyampur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakuria?84.4% (Census 2011)