# Paikpara Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Paikpara

Paikpara is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **256 people in 58 households**, the 209th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 256people (2011)
- 58households
- 70.8%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikpara

Of every 100 households in Paikpara in 2011, 30 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paikpara · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**48%

Tap water ****100%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**26%

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

**10%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****0%**

**58%

Television ****7%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****44%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Paikpara?

■ Paikpara · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**75.7%

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

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****579**

**962

Working population ****45.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 63.4% for women. 67% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 37 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (57%) · **■** Other work 7 (6%) · **■** Marginal 6 (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 Dhaniakhali

- Alipur340 people
- Kanta Garia330 people
- Galgale319 people
- Pachhra264 people
- Raghabindubati252 people
- Dakshin Basudebpur212 people
- Nischintapur202 people
- Chak Bibi164 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikpara?256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikpara in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikpara?70.8% (Census 2011)