# Pathantala Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Pathantala

Pathantala is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **535 people in 126 households**, the 145th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 535people (2011)
- 126households
- 86.0%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pathantala

Of every 100 households in Pathantala in 2011, 25 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pathantala · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**42%

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

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****23%**

**38%

Television ****7%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Pathantala?

■ Pathantala · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.0%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**962

Working population ****35.1%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.0% for men and 78.8% for women. 65% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (57%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (5%) · **■** Marginal 8 (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 Bongaon

- Joka692 people
- Berkrishnapur690 people
- Talkola686 people
- Kaikhali569 people
- Dakshin Kulbaria439 people
- Saili399 people
- Arsali254 people
- Kundipur Jalkar50 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 Pathantala?535 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pathantala in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pathantala?86.0% (Census 2011)