# Pirakata Village, Salbani, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Salbani, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pirakata

Pirakata is a village in Salbani sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **48 people in 11 households**, the 378th largest of 411 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 48people (2011)
- 11households
- 68.2%literacy
- 846females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pirakata

Of every 100 households in Pirakata in 2011, 0 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pirakata · ■ Salbani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**16%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****54%**

**52%

Television ****0%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Pirakata?

■ Pirakata · ■ Salbani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****846**

**982

Working population ****62.5%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 59.1% for women. 73% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 4 (13%) · **■** Other work 1 (3%) · **■** Marginal 25 (83%)

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 Salbani

- Tyangrasol54 people
- Tildangari52 people
- Berua50 people
- Palashkanda48 people
- Damanjuri47 people
- Dubrusol47 people
- Dubrajpur44 people
- Aushbere43 people

[All 528 villages in Salbani](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/salbani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pirakata?48 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pirakata in?Paschim Medinipur district (Salbani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pirakata?68.2% (Census 2011)