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

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Panchthupi

Panchthupi is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,486 people in 361 households**, the 37th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,486people (2011)
- 361households
- 81.3%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchthupi

Of every 100 households in Panchthupi in 2011, 17 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panchthupi · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****29%**

**60%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Panchthupi?

■ Panchthupi · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**942

Working population ****52.4%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 73.1% for women. 60% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 353 (45%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 119 (15%) · **■** Marginal 220 (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 Pingla

- Nungodar1,658 people
- Abdulla1,568 people
- Chak Chandi1,561 people
- Dangra1,547 people
- Kultapara1,452 people
- Rautarapur1,425 people
- Ujan1,415 people
- Surat Chak1,289 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchthupi?1,486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchthupi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchthupi?81.3% (Census 2011)