# Payragachha Village, Haroa – Population & Literacy

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Payragachha

Payragachha is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **687 people in 157 households**, the 77th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 687people (2011)
- 157households
- 64.1%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Payragachha

Of every 100 households in Payragachha in 2011, 28 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Payragachha · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**15%

Tap water ****10%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**32%

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

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****2%**

**39%

Television ****8%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**31%

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 Payragachha?

■ Payragachha · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1145**

**947

Working population ****32.2%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.3% for men and 61.7% for women. 61% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 68 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (48%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 41 (19%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Haroa

- Mondalhat810 people
- Bantosha758 people
- Dakshin Ranigachhi706 people
- Chatra704 people
- Kalianai679 people
- Batagachhi678 people
- Baltia612 people
- Kismat Janarddanpur610 people

[All 90 villages in Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Payragachha?687 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Payragachha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Payragachha?64.1% (Census 2011)