# Paikpara Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Paikpara

Paikpara is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **957 people in 227 households**, the 71st largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 957people (2011)
- 227households
- 61.6%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikpara

Of every 100 households in Paikpara in 2011, 28 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paikpara · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****63%**

**42%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**34%

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 Paikpara?

■ Paikpara · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****810**

**944

Working population ****43.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.6% for men and 60.5% for women. 59% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (5%) · **■** Marginal 182 (43%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Khosalpur1,007 people
- Jagannathpur1,005 people
- Ratot964 people
- Alihanda960 people
- Narasinhapur936 people
- Nonator915 people
- Gobindapur855 people
- Baratar757 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikpara?957 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikpara in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikpara?61.6% (Census 2011)