# Paikpara Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Paikpara

Paikpara is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,397 people in 1,520 households**, the 9th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 6,397people (2011)
- 1,520households
- 75.8%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikpara

Of every 100 households in Paikpara in 2011, 53 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Paikpara · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**19%

Tap water ****8%**

**10%

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

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****30%**

**38%

Television ****18%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

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

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1039**

**962

Working population ****40.0%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 73.0% for women. 63% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 395 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 589 (23%) · **■** Household industry 57 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,013 (40%) · **■** Marginal 504 (20%)

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 Bongaon

- Chauberia8,039 people
- Kansona7,334 people
- Barakpur6,945 people
- Ichhlampur6,886 people
- Bangangram6,144 people
- Manigram5,306 people
- Panchita5,148 people
- Palla5,058 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikpara?6,397 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikpara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikpara?75.8% (Census 2011)