# Panshila Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Panshila

Panshila is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,656 people in 589 households**, the 23rd largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 2,656people (2011)
- 589households
- 81.3%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panshila

Of every 100 households in Panshila in 2011, 33 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panshila · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**15%

Tap water ****3%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**53%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**78%

Use banking services ****56%**

**46%

Television ****13%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**92%

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 Panshila?

■ Panshila · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**940

Working population ****32.3%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 77.7% for women. 56% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 177 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 307 (36%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 290 (34%) · **■** Marginal 70 (8%)

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 Barasat - I

- Isubati3,388 people
- Purbba Ichapur2,776 people
- Charkhara2,772 people
- Kalianai2,689 people
- Santoshpur2,628 people
- Narasinghapur2,553 people
- Jafarpur2,548 people
- Dubgaria2,409 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panshila?2,656 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panshila in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panshila?81.3% (Census 2011)