# Paikpara Village, Basirhat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Paikpara

Paikpara is a village in Basirhat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,964 people in 460 households**, the 34th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 1,964people (2011)
- 460households
- 73.6%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikpara

Of every 100 households in Paikpara in 2011, 58 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 17 a car.

■ Paikpara · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**25%

Tap water ****3%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**91%

Use banking services ****48%**

**29%

Television ****21%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****17%**

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**26%

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 · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**953

Working population ****30.9%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 69.9% for women. 54% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 18 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (14%) · **■** Household industry 24 (4%) · **■** Other work 458 (75%) · **■** Marginal 23 (4%)

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 Basirhat - I

- Shibhati2,211 people
- Kathur2,141 people
- Gulai Chandi2,010 people
- Matina2,002 people
- Tajpur1,669 people
- Dakshin Gulaichandi1,581 people
- Jirakpur1,580 people
- Dakshin Bagundi1,506 people

[All 60 villages in Basirhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikpara?1,964 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikpara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikpara?73.6% (Census 2011)