# Panshila Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Panshila

Panshila is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,170 people in 268 households**, the 82nd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,170people (2011)
- 268households
- 83.5%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panshila

Of every 100 households in Panshila in 2011, 75 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 16 a car.

■ Panshila · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**3%

Tap water ****5%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****86%**

**47%

Television ****44%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****16%**

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Panshila?

■ Panshila · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1426**

**965

Working population ****41.1%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 76.7% for women. 67% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 148 (31%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 238 (49%) · **■** Marginal 21 (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 Gaighata

- Kulghuti1,302 people
- Chhota Sehana1,275 people
- Banglani1,253 people
- Katakhali1,235 people
- Kalanchi1,153 people
- Nera Gazipur1,104 people
- Kamia1,103 people
- Madhusudankati972 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panshila?1,170 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panshila in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panshila?83.5% (Census 2011)