# Paitakapara Village, Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Paitakapara

Paitakapara is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,094 people in 234 households**, the 88th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 1,094people (2011)
- 234households
- 63.4%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paitakapara

Of every 100 households in Paitakapara in 2011, 16 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paitakapara · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**47%

Tap water ****45%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**83%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****6%**

**40%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Paitakapara?

■ Paitakapara · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**942

Working population ****41.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 57.2% for women. 55% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 296 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 123 (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 Cooch Behar - I

- Balagram1,130 people
- Jhal Jhali1,122 people
- Tupamari Dewanbas1,116 people
- Baghmara1,108 people
- Gokuler Kuthi1,071 people
- Bara Balasi1,058 people
- Chhat Gokuler Kuthi1,049 people
- Panthabari1,032 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paitakapara?1,094 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paitakapara in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paitakapara?63.4% (Census 2011)