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

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pindkhara

Pindkhara is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,024 people in 228 households**, the 19th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 1,024people (2011)
- 228households
- 76.0%literacy
- 1,052females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pindkhara

Of every 100 households in Pindkhara in 2011, 34 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pindkhara · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**38%

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

**14%

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

**86%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

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

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****21%**

**34%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

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

**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 Pindkhara?

■ Pindkhara · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1052**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1085**

**979

Working population ****49.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 67.9% for women. 58% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 7 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 7 (1%) · **■** Marginal 493 (97%)

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

- Lodha Suli1,102 people
- Amdiha1,085 people
- Dalkati1,061 people
- Tanga1,036 people
- Marai Khunti983 people
- Ramchandrapur966 people
- Bamun Mura962 people
- Pukharia958 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pindkhara?1,024 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pindkhara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pindkhara?76.0% (Census 2011)