# Paikpara Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Paikpara

Paikpara is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **438 people in 99 households**, the 136th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 438people (2011)
- 99households
- 73.3%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikpara

Of every 100 households in Paikpara in 2011, 50 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paikpara · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**93%

Use banking services ****22%**

**32%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**48%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Paikpara?

■ Paikpara · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****789**

**945

Working population ****34.5%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 66.8% for women. 65% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 86 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (27%) · **■** Other work 21 (14%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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 Burwan

- Andulia468 people
- Mahula446 people
- Sainjuli441 people
- Margram440 people
- Rabisurjyabati423 people
- Gopal Nagar410 people
- Mamudpur409 people
- Ghosh Palsa407 people

[All 160 villages in Burwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/burwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikpara?438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikpara in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikpara?73.3% (Census 2011)