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

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Pirozabad

Pirozabad is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,352 people in 338 households**, the 56th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 1,352people (2011)
- 338households
- 66.4%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pirozabad

Of every 100 households in Pirozabad in 2011, 24 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pirozabad · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****58%**

**42%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Pirozabad?

■ Pirozabad · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**944

Working population ****31.2%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 62.4% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 63 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 245 (58%) · **■** Household industry 56 (13%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 48 (11%)

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

- Bamua1,449 people
- Shaktihar1,410 people
- Kusmai1,384 people
- Tarapur1,376 people
- Gagra1,337 people
- Daibhata1,184 people
- Harian1,174 people
- Jot Chandi1,169 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pirozabad?1,352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pirozabad in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pirozabad?66.4% (Census 2011)