# Pahlanpur Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Pahlanpur

Pahlanpur is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,096 people in 293 households**, the 58th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 1,096people (2011)
- 293households
- 87.4%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pahlanpur

Of every 100 households in Pahlanpur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pahlanpur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**6%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**85%

Use banking services ****32%**

**42%

Television ****16%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 Pahlanpur?

■ Pahlanpur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.4%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1300**

**948

Working population ****45.1%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.3% for men and 80.9% for women. 65% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (9%) · **■** Household industry 29 (6%) · **■** Other work 162 (33%) · **■** Marginal 214 (43%)

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 Mahisadal

- Ghagra1,185 people
- Ghasipur1,169 people
- Sar Berya1,163 people
- Goyal Berya1,150 people
- Dakshin Kasim Nagar1,059 people
- Raj Chak1,000 people
- Baksi Chak993 people
- Basudebpur955 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pahlanpur?1,096 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pahlanpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pahlanpur?87.4% (Census 2011)