# Pacharya Village, Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Pacharya

Pacharya is a village in Khejuri - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,753 people in 315 households**, the 26th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.

- 1,753people (2011)
- 315households
- 88.9%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pacharya

Of every 100 households in Pacharya in 2011, 31 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pacharya · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**9%

Tap water ****13%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****32%**

**36%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Pacharya?

■ Pacharya · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.9%**

**85.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**977

Working population ****45.1%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 83.9% for women. 58% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (3%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 107 (14%) · **■** Marginal 602 (76%)

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 Khejuri - II

- Paschim Bhangan Mari1,843 people
- Kadirpur1,792 people
- Alipur1,780 people
- Kastala1,768 people
- Meidi Nagar1,745 people
- Barka Saria1,685 people
- Thana Berya1,675 people
- Lakshan Chak1,657 people

[All 99 villages in Khejuri - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pacharya?1,753 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pacharya in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pacharya?88.9% (Census 2011)