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

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Fakirganja

Fakirganja is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,270 people in 279 households**, the 82nd largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,270people (2011)
- 279households
- 93.3%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Fakirganja

Of every 100 households in Fakirganja in 2011, 85 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Fakirganja · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**22%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**93%

Use banking services ****83%**

**36%

Television ****51%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Fakirganja?

■ Fakirganja · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.3%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1148**

**949

Working population ****56.4%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.8% for men and 88.2% for women. 63% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (3%) · **■** Household industry 46 (6%) · **■** Other work 163 (23%) · **■** Marginal 371 (52%)

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

- Chak Gopal1,309 people
- Dalpara1,306 people
- Dakshin Barhat1,304 people
- Mangalduari1,283 people
- Dokanda1,267 people
- Jagannath Chak1,262 people
- Purbba Shuktia1,244 people
- Jardai1,241 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Fakirganja?1,270 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Fakirganja in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Fakirganja?93.3% (Census 2011)