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

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pechapara

Pechapara is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **253 people in 55 households**, the 253rd largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 253people (2011)
- 55households
- 64.2%literacy
- 1,091females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pechapara

Of every 100 households in Pechapara in 2011, 67 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pechapara · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****4%**

**34%

Television ****18%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Pechapara?

■ Pechapara · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1091**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1278**

**979

Working population ****46.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.9% for men and 58.7% for women. 61% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 116 (98%)

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

- Purbasol258 people
- Uransol257 people
- Kajla256 people
- Shalbani256 people
- Ashanbani250 people
- Benedi249 people
- Domkala248 people
- Gopinathpur247 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pechapara?253 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pechapara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pechapara?64.2% (Census 2011)