# Panchami Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Panchami

Panchami is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **570 people in 139 households**, the 74th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 570people (2011)
- 139households
- 63.1%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchami

Of every 100 households in Panchami in 2011, 1 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panchami · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****7%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Panchami?

■ Panchami · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1357**

**979

Working population ****48.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.4% for men and 51.9% for women. 58% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 230 (84%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 15 (5%) · **■** Marginal 5 (2%)

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 Jhargram

- Amlachati577 people
- Chubka577 people
- Radha Gobindapur577 people
- Suabansa572 people
- Naharia569 people
- Jaynagar567 people
- Kundal Dihi567 people
- Nayagram566 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchami?570 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchami in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchami?63.1% (Census 2011)