# Fakirbazar Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Fakirbazar

Fakirbazar is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **490 people in 107 households**, the 187th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 490people (2011)
- 107households
- 82.3%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Fakirbazar

Of every 100 households in Fakirbazar in 2011, 50 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Fakirbazar · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****86%**

**36%

Television ****30%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Fakirbazar?

■ Fakirbazar · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.3%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**949

Working population ****38.4%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 71.9% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 49 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (13%) · **■** Other work 82 (44%) · **■** Marginal 33 (18%)

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 Panskura

- Sahanagar518 people
- Purbba Gurtala516 people
- Tilagere515 people
- Gobinda Chak492 people
- Kishorpur487 people
- Manoharganj485 people
- Golahat481 people
- Paramhansapur477 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Fakirbazar?490 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Fakirbazar in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Fakirbazar?82.3% (Census 2011)