# Ponditpol Village, Deganga – Population & Literacy

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Village · Deganga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ponditpol

Ponditpol is a village in Deganga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,421 people in 340 households**, the 80th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 1,421people (2011)
- 340households
- 86.0%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ponditpol

Of every 100 households in Ponditpol in 2011, 63 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ponditpol · ■ Deganga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**8%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****30%**

**42%

Television ****23%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**22%

Own their home ****78%**

**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 Ponditpol?

■ Ponditpol · ■ Deganga rural average

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

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**969

Working population ****34.2%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 80.9% for women. 63% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 151 (31%) · **■** Marginal 85 (17%)

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

- Bashbaruni1,668 people
- Gangdhulat1,606 people
- Khanpur1,525 people
- Harpukuria1,519 people
- Birampur Kamaruli1,392 people
- Ekrullya1,372 people
- Kalijug Biswanathpur1,359 people
- Doharia1,358 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 Ponditpol?1,421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ponditpol in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Deganga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ponditpol?86.0% (Census 2011)