# Pachra Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pachra

Pachra is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,813 people in 436 households**, the 26th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,813people (2011)
- 436households
- 56.8%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pachra

Of every 100 households in Pachra in 2011, 45 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pachra · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****14%**

**32%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**25%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Pachra?

■ Pachra · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.8%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**968

Working population ****48.6%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.2% for men and 44.6% for women. 55% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 101 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 426 (48%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 28 (3%) · **■** Marginal 321 (36%)

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 Midnapore

- Hosenabad2,201 people
- Dherua2,119 people
- Birsinghapur2,073 people
- Nayagram2,063 people
- Dakshin Amchhatagolapi Chak1,808 people
- Kamalapur1,762 people
- Maharajpur1,761 people
- Gopgar1,758 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pachra?1,813 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pachra in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pachra?56.8% (Census 2011)