# Pajankul Village, Bhagawanpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Pajankul

Pajankul is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,602 people in 398 households**, the 46th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 1,602people (2011)
- 398households
- 84.2%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pajankul

Of every 100 households in Pajankul in 2011, 27 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pajankul · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**10%

Tap water ****89%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**92%

Use banking services ****42%**

**38%

Television ****7%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**33%

Own their home ****85%**

**97%

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 Pajankul?

■ Pajankul · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**934

Working population ****30.6%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 80.3% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 227 (46%) · **■** Household industry 25 (5%) · **■** Other work 147 (30%) · **■** Marginal 34 (7%)

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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Khajurari1,702 people
- Chara Bar1,681 people
- Dalbar1,659 people
- Purba Bar1,653 people
- Dhanda1,589 people
- Barttan1,579 people
- Bhim Chak1,578 people
- Shakrullapur1,557 people

[All 165 villages in Bhagawanpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pajankul?1,602 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pajankul in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pajankul?84.2% (Census 2011)