# Panchkahania Village, Haringhata, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Haringhata, Nadia 

# Panchkahania

Panchkahania is a village in Haringhata sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,400 people in 335 households**, the 57th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,400people (2011)
- 335households
- 80.3%literacy
- 864females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchkahania

Of every 100 households in Panchkahania in 2011, 32 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panchkahania · ■ Haringhata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**12%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****18%**

**43%

Television ****15%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Panchkahania?

■ Panchkahania · ■ Haringhata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****864**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****807**

**960

Working population ****37.7%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 72.0% for women. 62% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 146 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (38%) · **■** Other work 84 (16%) · **■** Marginal 100 (19%)

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 Haringhata

- Satyapole1,575 people
- Bamunbaria1,449 people
- Hazrabelia1,416 people
- Hatikanda1,401 people
- Basantapur1,301 people
- Santoshpur1,280 people
- Par Majdia1,231 people
- Paschim Satbaria1,215 people

[All 83 villages in Haringhata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/haringhata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchkahania?1,400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchkahania in?Nadia district (Haringhata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchkahania?80.3% (Census 2011)