# Pakurya Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pakurya

Pakurya is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,289 people in 257 households**, the 60th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,289people (2011)
- 257households
- 86.6%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakurya

Of every 100 households in Pakurya in 2011, 100 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pakurya · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****32%**

**58%

Television ****40%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**18%

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 Pakurya?

■ Pakurya · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****827**

**960

Working population ****36.8%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 84.5% for women. 55% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 65 (14%) · **■** Marginal 357 (75%)

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 Keshpur

- Kapta Bankati1,312 people
- Bhagirath Bar1,307 people
- Manta1,306 people
- Nutan Bajar1,305 people
- Kapash Tikri1,280 people
- Kota1,272 people
- Amritpur1,264 people
- Kapastikri1,261 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakurya?1,289 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakurya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakurya?86.6% (Census 2011)