# Pakriguri Village, Kumargram, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumargram, Jalpaiguri 

# Pakriguri

Pakriguri is a village in Kumargram sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,857 people in 646 households**, the 28th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.8%.

- 2,857people (2011)
- 646households
- 71.3%literacy
- 872females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakriguri

Of every 100 households in Pakriguri in 2011, 12 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pakriguri · ■ Kumargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**58%

Tap water ****10%**

**22%

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

**49%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**22%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**82%

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 Pakriguri?

■ Pakriguri · ■ Kumargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**69.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****872**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**947

Working population ****33.5%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 66.3% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 140 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 256 (27%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 282 (29%) · **■** Marginal 273 (29%)

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 Kumargram

- Ghaksapara3,130 people
- Paschim Chengmari3,110 people
- Narakhata3,036 people
- Tuturi Tea Garden2,882 people
- Turturi Khanda2,844 people
- Purbba Salbari2,818 people
- Uttar Haldibari2,810 people
- Chunia Jhora Tea Garden2,772 people

[All 53 villages in Kumargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/kumargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakriguri?2,857 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakriguri in?Jalpaiguri district (Kumargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakriguri?71.3% (Census 2011)