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

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Panchgerya

Panchgerya is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **674 people in 155 households**, the 95th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 674people (2011)
- 155households
- 77.4%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchgerya

Of every 100 households in Panchgerya in 2011, 36 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panchgerya · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****38%**

**60%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Panchgerya?

■ Panchgerya · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1303**

**942

Working population ****45.0%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 69.3% for women. 61% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (43%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (9%) · **■** Marginal 45 (15%)

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

- Jasorajpur706 people
- Basudebpur701 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Paikan Uttarbar697 people
- Uttar Kuchaipur694 people
- Bhusalya650 people
- Ptatap Chak647 people
- Barai634 people
- Harkandi629 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchgerya?674 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchgerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchgerya?77.4% (Census 2011)