# Piardanga Village, Chandrakona - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Piardanga

Piardanga is a village in Chandrakona - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,457 people in 512 households**, the 11th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 2,457people (2011)
- 512households
- 73.0%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Piardanga

Of every 100 households in Piardanga in 2011, 56 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Piardanga · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**63%

Tap water ****57%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**16%

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

**3%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****54%**

**54%

Television ****21%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Piardanga?

■ Piardanga · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**974

Working population ****35.0%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 68.1% for women. 56% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 260 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (16%) · **■** Other work 120 (14%) · **■** Marginal 339 (39%)

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 Chandrakona - II

- Kenchkapur2,863 people
- Bandipur2,829 people
- Maheshpur2,771 people
- Bhairabpur2,720 people
- Ghanarampur2,316 people
- Basanchhara2,128 people
- Jadabnagar1,999 people
- Kalla1,990 people

[All 131 villages in Chandrakona - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Piardanga?2,457 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piardanga in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Piardanga?73.0% (Census 2011)