# Kshirai Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kshirai

Kshirai is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,427 people in 1,518 households**, the 3rd largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 6,427people (2011)
- 1,518households
- 84.5%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kshirai

Of every 100 households in Kshirai in 2011, 35 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kshirai · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****52%**

**60%

Television ****17%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**0%

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

**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 Kshirai?

■ Kshirai · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1005**

**942

Working population ****50.1%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 76.8% for women. 62% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 824 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 823 (26%) · **■** Household industry 38 (1%) · **■** Other work 597 (19%) · **■** Marginal 937 (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 Pingla

- Maligram11,337 people
- Jalchak6,793 people
- Pingla5,253 people
- Dangalsa5,190 people
- Pindrui4,384 people
- Naya3,960 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kshirai?6,427 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kshirai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kshirai?84.5% (Census 2011)