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

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pakharbar

Pakharbar is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **922 people in 207 households**, the 70th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 922people (2011)
- 207households
- 82.9%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakharbar

Of every 100 households in Pakharbar in 2011, 63 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pakharbar · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****96%**

**62%

Television ****31%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**22%

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 Pakharbar?

■ Pakharbar · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**963

Working population ****31.8%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.0% for men and 73.8% for women. 54% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (5%) · **■** Other work 123 (42%) · **■** Marginal 130 (44%)

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

- Dhalbar973 people
- Simulia Uttar Mongalmari953 people
- Pargana942 people
- Kantapal936 people
- Makhmalpur918 people
- Rautarapur893 people
- Malpara879 people
- Jhinuk Palasia878 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 Pakharbar?922 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakharbar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakharbar?82.9% (Census 2011)