Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas
# Paikpara

Paikpara is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 3,170 people in 752 households, the 19th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.
- 3,170 people (2011)
- 752 households
- 80.8% literacy
- 981 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikpara

Of every 100 households in Paikpara in 2011, 65 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Paikpara · ■ Haroa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 65% 38%
- Toilet within the home 92% 81%
- No toilet (open defecation) 3% 15%
- Tap water 8% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 30% 32%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 8% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 82% 94%
- Use banking services 43% 39%
- Television 16% 15%
- Mobile phone 47% 37%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 24% 31%
- Own their home 92% 97%

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

## What is the population of Paikpara?

■ Paikpara · ■ Haroa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.8% 73.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 981 930
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 863 947
- Working population 26.9% 34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 76.8% for women. 47% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 90 (11%) · ■ Farm labourers 216 (25%) · ■ Household industry 6 (1%) · ■ Other work 452 (53%) · ■ Marginal 90 (11%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Haroa
- Bhayda 3,933 people
- Radhanagar 3,420 people
- Munsi Gheri 3,314 people
- Radhanagar Abhirampur 3,237 people
- Narayanpur 3,106 people
- Goalpukur 3,065 people
- Nazarnagar 3,064 people
- Salipur 3,051 people

All 90 villages in Haroa

## Other places named Paikpara
- Paikpara · Village, Lalgola, Murshidabad · 12,138 people
- Paik Para · Village, Bhargama, Araria · 11,676 people
- Paikpara · Village, Nalhati - I, Birbhum · 9,993 people
- Paikpara · Village, Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas · 6,397 people
- Paikpara · Village, Thakurganj, Kishanganj · 3,169 people
- Paikpara · Village, Thethaitangar, Simdega · 2,419 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Paikpara? 3,170 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikpara in? North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikpara? 80.8% (Census 2011)

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