# Pelagerya Village, Kharagpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pelagerya

Pelagerya is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,278 people in 523 households**, the 11th largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 2,278people (2011)
- 523households
- 81.9%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pelagerya

Of every 100 households in Pelagerya in 2011, 35 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pelagerya · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**50%

Tap water ****59%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**94%

Use banking services ****31%**

**42%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Pelagerya?

■ Pelagerya · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1021**

**970

Working population ****38.2%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 73.3% for women. 55% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 224 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (20%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 202 (23%) · **■** Marginal 249 (29%)

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 Kharagpur - II

- Sultanpur2,506 people
- Dharimba2,427 people
- Balarampur2,336 people
- Uttarshimla2,282 people
- Barbansi2,130 people
- Arashini2,029 people
- Lachhmapur2,019 people
- Shakmandal1,988 people

[All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pelagerya?2,278 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pelagerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pelagerya?81.9% (Census 2011)