# Panchgachhia Village, Haripal, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Haripal, Hugli 

# Panchgachhia

Panchgachhia is a village in Haripal sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,194 people in 298 households**, the 88th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 1,194people (2011)
- 298households
- 62.6%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchgachhia

Of every 100 households in Panchgachhia in 2011, 74 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panchgachhia · ■ Haripal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**39%

Tap water ****45%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**80%

Use banking services ****17%**

**55%

Television ****27%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Panchgachhia?

■ Panchgachhia · ■ Haripal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.6%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**983

Working population ****41.5%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.3% for men and 55.9% for women. 63% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 190 (38%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 33 (7%) · **■** Marginal 184 (37%)

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 Haripal

- Maheshwarpur1,252 people
- Gosha1,247 people
- Chitrashali1,221 people
- Brahmanpara1,220 people
- Khanakhanpur1,190 people
- Meshera1,187 people
- Kankrajol1,183 people
- Kamdebpur1,181 people

[All 153 villages in Haripal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/haripal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchgachhia?1,194 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchgachhia in?Hugli district (Haripal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchgachhia?62.6% (Census 2011)