# Pontba Village, Pandua, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Pandua, Hugli 

# Pontba

Pontba is a village in Pandua sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,237 people in 1,000 households**, the 9th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 4,237people (2011)
- 1,000households
- 77.4%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pontba

Of every 100 households in Pontba in 2011, 31 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Pontba · ■ Pandua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**52%

Tap water ****0%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**20%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**81%

Use banking services ****39%**

**53%

Television ****22%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**21%

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 Pontba?

■ Pontba · ■ Pandua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**962

Working population ****41.8%**

**46.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 70.6% for women. 60% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 270 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 636 (36%) · **■** Household industry 51 (3%) · **■** Other work 327 (18%) · **■** Marginal 486 (27%)

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 Pandua

- Champahati6,128 people
- Dwarbasini5,256 people
- Rameswarpur4,821 people
- Haral4,521 people
- Ilchhoba4,236 people
- Sarai4,043 people
- Mandalai4,017 people
- Thaipara3,846 people

[All 154 villages in Pandua](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/pandua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pontba?4,237 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pontba in?Hugli district (Pandua sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pontba?77.4% (Census 2011)