# Uparkentya Village, Kharagpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Uparkentya

Uparkentya is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **617 people in 139 households**, the 93rd largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 617people (2011)
- 139households
- 71.8%literacy
- 1,099females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uparkentya

Of every 100 households in Uparkentya in 2011, 76 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uparkentya · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**50%

Tap water ****84%**

**6%

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

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**94%

Use banking services ****45%**

**42%

Television ****29%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Uparkentya?

■ Uparkentya · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1099**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**970

Working population ****41.7%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 65.2% for women. 56% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (14%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 140 (54%) · **■** Marginal 72 (28%)

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

- Lakichak642 people
- Gobindanagar636 people
- Srimantapur628 people
- Ramnagar622 people
- warda613 people
- Torko610 people
- Bar Janardanpur603 people
- Dhitpur601 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 Uparkentya?617 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uparkentya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uparkentya?71.8% (Census 2011)