# Panchgerya Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Panchgerya

Panchgerya is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **537 people in 123 households**, the 182nd largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 537people (2011)
- 123households
- 88.0%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchgerya

Of every 100 households in Panchgerya in 2011, 13 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Panchgerya · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**34%

Tap water ****6%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****85%**

**50%

Television ****24%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Panchgerya?

■ Panchgerya · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.0%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1033**

**988

Working population ****48.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 83.9% for women. 62% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (56%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 70 (27%) · **■** Marginal 21 (8%)

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 Debra

- Kalua Brindaban559 people
- Ghosh Khira556 people
- Khana Mohan551 people
- Dayalpur546 people
- Balabhadrapur534 people
- Baulasini534 people
- Paschim Dwarkhola533 people
- Asanpur529 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchgerya?537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchgerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchgerya?88.0% (Census 2011)