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

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Paikchak

Paikchak is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **540 people in 147 households**, the 110th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 540people (2011)
- 147households
- 88.6%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikchak

Of every 100 households in Paikchak in 2011, 26 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paikchak · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****80%**

**60%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****31%**

**18%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Paikchak?

■ Paikchak · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**942

Working population ****44.6%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 83.1% for women. 58% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 68 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (6%) · **■** Marginal 137 (57%)

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

- Dakshin Kalapunja564 people
- Sitarampur557 people
- Brahman Bar548 people
- Gangadaspur546 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Uttar Bar539 people
- Aknagere538 people
- Raut Chak534 people
- Mallarpur532 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikchak?540 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikchak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikchak?88.6% (Census 2011)