# Paikbar Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Paikbar

Paikbar is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,926 people in 379 households**, the 17th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,926people (2011)
- 379households
- 77.0%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikbar

Of every 100 households in Paikbar in 2011, 19 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Paikbar · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****32%**

**62%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

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 Paikbar?

■ Paikbar · ■ Dantan - I rural average

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

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**963

Working population ****32.7%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 67.5% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 206 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (5%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 89 (14%) · **■** Marginal 290 (46%)

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 Dantan - I

- Angua2,337 people
- Uttar Arbana2,297 people
- Gazipur Patna2,089 people
- Barangi2,003 people
- Sonakania1,848 people
- Kuhura1,819 people
- Nimpur1,801 people
- Bara Baghra1,765 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikbar?1,926 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikbar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikbar?77.0% (Census 2011)