# Pakuria Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Berhampore, Murshidabad 

# Pakuria

Pakuria is a village in Berhampore sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,503 people in 369 households**, the 73rd largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,503people (2011)
- 369households
- 89.9%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakuria

Of every 100 households in Pakuria in 2011, 84 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 39 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pakuria · ■ Berhampore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**55%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****39%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**92%

Use banking services ****67%**

**33%

Television ****70%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**29%

Own their home ****84%**

**96%

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 Pakuria?

■ Pakuria · ■ Berhampore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.9%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1267**

**972

Working population ****33.1%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 86.5% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 8 (2%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 307 (62%) · **■** Marginal 173 (35%)

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 Berhampore

- Bhatpara1,602 people
- Nialish Para1,533 people
- Rangamati Chandpara1,518 people
- Baradaha1,503 people
- Tikiapara1,500 people
- Garamgari1,446 people
- Maharajpur1,428 people
- Hanumanta Nagar1,408 people

[All 138 villages in Berhampore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/berhampore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakuria?1,503 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakuria in?Murshidabad district (Berhampore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakuria?89.9% (Census 2011)