# Patharghata Village, Deganga – Population & Literacy

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Village · Deganga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Patharghata

Patharghata is a village in Deganga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,867 people in 413 households**, the 71st largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 1,867people (2011)
- 413households
- 77.3%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patharghata

Of every 100 households in Patharghata in 2011, 37 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Patharghata · ■ Deganga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**8%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**42%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****69%**

**42%

Television ****18%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Patharghata?

■ Patharghata · ■ Deganga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1015**

**969

Working population ****34.0%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 74.2% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 171 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (23%) · **■** Household industry 24 (4%) · **■** Other work 117 (18%) · **■** Marginal 175 (28%)

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 Deganga

- Nurnagar2,004 people
- Gorainagar1,984 people
- Kumarpur1,927 people
- Mrizanagar1,911 people
- Bhasila1,855 people
- Sakendarnagar1,822 people
- Ramnathpur1,754 people
- Ballabhpur1,742 people

[All 107 villages in Deganga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/deganga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patharghata?1,867 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patharghata in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Deganga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Patharghata?77.3% (Census 2011)