# Parkumlai Village, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Parkumlai

Parkumlai is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,901 people in 684 households**, the 65th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 2,901people (2011)
- 684households
- 66.9%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parkumlai

Of every 100 households in Parkumlai in 2011, 29 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Parkumlai · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**61%

Tap water ****1%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****81%**

**58%

Television ****16%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**30%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Parkumlai?

■ Parkumlai · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**962

Working population ****49.8%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 57.9% for women. 62% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 456 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 537 (37%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 84 (6%) · **■** Marginal 366 (25%)

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 Dhupguri

- Kathapara3,111 people
- Uttar Kathulia3,064 people
- Dakshin Dangapara3,038 people
- Bhandani2,968 people
- Chanadipa2,867 people
- Paschim Daukimari2,840 people
- Bhotpara2,812 people
- Garialtari2,746 people

[All 102 villages in Dhupguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/dhupguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parkumlai?2,901 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parkumlai in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parkumlai?66.9% (Census 2011)