# Tikarpara Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Tikarpara

Tikarpara is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **234 people in 59 households**, the 174th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 234people (2011)
- 59households
- 61.0%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tikarpara

Of every 100 households in Tikarpara in 2011, 45 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tikarpara · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****100%**

**51%

Television ****22%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Tikarpara?

■ Tikarpara · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.0%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**973

Working population ****36.8%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 50.5% for women. 67% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 59 (69%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (21%) · **■** Other work 5 (6%) · **■** Marginal 4 (5%)

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 Sankrail

- Nagdona249 people
- Purna Pani249 people
- Tiyakati246 people
- Dhopasol235 people
- Shiyalya232 people
- Tilak Ghagra232 people
- Taradiha230 people
- Chhota Kanyadiha227 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tikarpara?234 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tikarpara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tikarpara?61.0% (Census 2011)