# Pinglas Village, Chandrakona - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pinglas

Pinglas is a village in Chandrakona - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,215 people in 262 households**, the 30th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 1,215people (2011)
- 262households
- 73.0%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pinglas

Of every 100 households in Pinglas in 2011, 72 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pinglas · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**63%

Tap water ****0%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**16%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**88%

Use banking services ****24%**

**54%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**20%

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 Pinglas?

■ Pinglas · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

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

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1145**

**974

Working population ****41.9%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 65.1% for women. 61% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 145 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (10%) · **■** Other work 20 (4%) · **■** Marginal 293 (58%)

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

- Kadamtala1,344 people
- Kalakari1,298 people
- Khursi1,261 people
- Chasibar1,250 people
- Karasia1,176 people
- Tukuria1,171 people
- Bhagirathpur1,094 people
- Kshirati1,037 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 Pinglas?1,215 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pinglas in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pinglas?73.0% (Census 2011)