Village · Habra - I, North Twenty Four Parganas
# Payragachhi

Payragachhi is a village in Habra - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,397 people in 609 households, the 31st largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.
- 2,397 people (2011)
- 609 households
- 85.0% literacy
- 910 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Payragachhi

Of every 100 households in Payragachhi in 2011, 72 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Payragachhi · ■ Habra - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 72% 55%
- Toilet within the home 89% 84%
- No toilet (open defecation) 10% 13%
- Tap water 2% 18%
- Drinking water within premises 27% 46%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 7% 7%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 92% 88%
- Use banking services 69% 42%
- Television 28% 25%
- Mobile phone 50% 44%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 7% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 25% 23%
- Own their home 92% 95%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Payragachhi?

■ Payragachhi · ■ Habra - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 85.0% 82.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 910 936
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 722 943
- Working population 33.6% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 80.4% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 88 (11%) · ■ Farm labourers 120 (15%) · ■ Household industry 40 (5%) · ■ Other work 337 (42%) · ■ Marginal 221 (27%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Habra - I
- Ichhapur 2,697 people
- Kuchlia 2,514 people
- Ranidanga 2,508 people
- Mathurapur 2,417 people
- Atle 2,262 people
- Arbelia 2,234 people
- Salua 2,119 people
- Dariasudi 2,086 people

All 55 villages in Habra - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Payragachhi? 2,397 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Payragachhi in? North Twenty Four Parganas district (Habra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Payragachhi? 85.0% (Census 2011)

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