# Pukuriachak Village, Hingalganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Hingalganj, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Pukuriachak

Pukuriachak is a village in Hingalganj sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,745 people in 715 households**, the 24th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 2,745people (2011)
- 715households
- 77.0%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pukuriachak

Of every 100 households in Pukuriachak in 2011, 3 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Pukuriachak · ■ Hingalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**22%

Tap water ****8%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**54%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Pukuriachak?

■ Pukuriachak · ■ Hingalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****891**

**974

Working population ****44.2%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 68.2% for women. 62% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 325 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (8%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (5%) · **■** Marginal 728 (60%)

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 Hingalganj

- Bankra Dobar3,194 people
- Dulduli3,170 people
- Purbba Khejurbaria2,875 people
- Ambaria2,749 people
- Lebukhali2,677 people
- Kanaikati2,622 people
- Deuli2,549 people
- Dharam Baria2,429 people

[All 42 villages in Hingalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/hingalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pukuriachak?2,745 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pukuriachak in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Hingalganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pukuriachak?77.0% (Census 2011)