# Paranpur Village, Lalgola, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Lalgola, Murshidabad 

# Paranpur

Paranpur is a village in Lalgola sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,562 people in 317 households**, the 50th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 1,562people (2011)
- 317households
- 55.2%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paranpur

Of every 100 households in Paranpur in 2011, 7 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paranpur · ■ Lalgola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**33%

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

**39%

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

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**38%

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

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****7%**

**25%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****56%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Paranpur?

■ Paranpur · ■ Lalgola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.2%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****993**

**977

Working population ****30.3%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.6% for men and 56.8% for women. 48% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 183 (39%) · **■** Other work 105 (22%) · **■** Marginal 175 (37%)

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

- Sarpakhia1,908 people
- Sagia1,747 people
- Durgapur1,724 people
- Kaliagachhi1,633 people
- Fatepur1,547 people
- Jagannathpur1,418 people
- Kulgachi1,279 people
- Kajla1,261 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paranpur?1,562 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paranpur in?Murshidabad district (Lalgola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paranpur?55.2% (Census 2011)