# Pilsima Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Pilsima

Pilsima is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,052 people in 261 households**, the 92nd largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,052people (2011)
- 261households
- 65.6%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pilsima

Of every 100 households in Pilsima in 2011, 21 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pilsima · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****43%**

**27%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****63%**

**53%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 Pilsima?

■ Pilsima · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****934**

**960

Working population ****34.6%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.8% for men and 61.3% for women. 61% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 197 (54%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 27 (7%) · **■** Marginal 22 (6%)

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 Khargram

- Jamuni1,088 people
- Bautipara1,086 people
- Upalai1,058 people
- Chandibati1,052 people
- Naldipi980 people
- Mirhati962 people
- Dunigram950 people
- Gobindapur946 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pilsima?1,052 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pilsima in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pilsima?65.6% (Census 2011)