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

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Pakuria

Pakuria is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **372 people in 86 households**, the 207th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 372people (2011)
- 86households
- 85.9%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakuria

Of every 100 households in Pakuria in 2011, 69 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pakuria · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****42%**

**93%

Use banking services ****58%**

**36%

Television ****61%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Pakuria?

■ Pakuria · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.9%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1462**

**949

Working population ****50.0%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 80.4% for women. 67% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 37 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (16%) · **■** Other work 70 (38%) · **■** Marginal 50 (27%)

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

- Chaugere403 people
- Dhalshwar394 people
- Krishnanagar388 people
- Serhati383 people
- Belda367 people
- Paltaberya360 people
- Arangabar359 people
- Gobindapur353 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakuria?372 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakuria in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakuria?85.9% (Census 2011)