# Pakdaha Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Pakdaha

Pakdaha is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,805 people in 606 households**, the 28th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 2,805people (2011)
- 606households
- 78.1%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakdaha

Of every 100 households in Pakdaha in 2011, 69 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pakdaha · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**16%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****34%**

**40%

Television ****20%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****30%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Pakdaha?

■ Pakdaha · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**952

Working population ****26.6%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 73.1% for women. 47% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 45 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (16%) · **■** Household industry 196 (26%) · **■** Other work 185 (25%) · **■** Marginal 199 (27%)

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 - II

- Birpur2,975 people
- Khari Baria2,948 people
- Tehatta2,833 people
- Bhagyamantapur2,811 people
- Bonkanda2,753 people
- Paltadanga2,714 people
- Kismatsonatikri2,663 people
- Majlishpur2,614 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakdaha?2,805 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakdaha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakdaha?78.1% (Census 2011)