# Paikpara Village, Lalgola, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Lalgola, Murshidabad 

# Paikpara

Paikpara is a village in Lalgola sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,138 people in 2,607 households**, the 6th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 12,138people (2011)
- 2,607households
- 64.0%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikpara

Of every 100 households in Paikpara in 2011, 13 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 · ■ Lalgola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**33%

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

**39%

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

**59%

Tap water ****28%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**38%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**89%

Use banking services ****14%**

**25%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****34%**

**38%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 · ■ Lalgola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.0%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**977

Working population ****36.3%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.2% for men and 63.9% for women. 54% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 342 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,263 (29%) · **■** Household industry 264 (6%) · **■** Other work 1,436 (33%) · **■** Marginal 1,101 (25%)

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 Lalgola

- Krishnapur19,462 people
- Bayra15,259 people
- Maia15,131 people
- Paharpur13,368 people
- Diar Fatepur10,536 people
- Rajarampur10,528 people
- Bajupur Madhupur9,771 people
- Nadaipur9,401 people

[All 94 villages in Lalgola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/lalgola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikpara?12,138 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikpara in?Murshidabad district (Lalgola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikpara?64.0% (Census 2011)