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

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Panchita

Panchita is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,148 people in 1,227 households**, the 12th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 5,148people (2011)
- 1,227households
- 85.5%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchita

Of every 100 households in Panchita in 2011, 57 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Panchita · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**78%

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

**19%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****61%**

**38%

Television ****40%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

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 Panchita?

■ Panchita · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**962

Working population ****35.1%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 79.4% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 498 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 464 (26%) · **■** Household industry 57 (3%) · **■** Other work 557 (31%) · **■** Marginal 229 (13%)

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

- Ichhlampur6,886 people
- Paikpara6,397 people
- Bangangram6,144 people
- Manigram5,306 people
- Palla5,058 people
- Krishnachandrapur4,901 people
- Kundipur4,760 people
- Boaldaha4,552 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 Panchita?5,148 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchita in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchita?85.5% (Census 2011)