# Paikan Durjyodhan Village, Daspur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Paikan Durjyodhan

Paikan Durjyodhan is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,075 people in 238 households**, the 86th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 1,075people (2011)
- 238households
- 88.5%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikan Durjyodhan

Of every 100 households in Paikan Durjyodhan in 2011, 89 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Paikan Durjyodhan · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**38%

Tap water ****53%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**25%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**90%

Use banking services ****64%**

**59%

Television ****37%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

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

**13%

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 Paikan Durjyodhan?

■ Paikan Durjyodhan · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.5%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**972

Working population ****70.9%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.6% for men and 82.4% for women. 74% of men and 68% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 114 (15%) · **■** Marginal 384 (50%)

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 Daspur - I

- Bharatpur1,078 people
- Surnayanpur1,077 people
- Brahman Basan1,076 people
- Nijampur1,075 people
- Raghunathpur1,069 people
- Sarberya1,058 people
- Kismat Narajol1,054 people
- Ramchandrapur1,034 people

[All 162 villages in Daspur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikan Durjyodhan?1,075 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikan Durjyodhan in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikan Durjyodhan?88.5% (Census 2011)