# Panchuria Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Panchuria

Panchuria is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,691 people in 392 households**, the 30th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,691people (2011)
- 392households
- 80.2%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchuria

Of every 100 households in Panchuria in 2011, 39 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panchuria · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****63%**

**46%

Television ****13%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Panchuria?

■ Panchuria · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**86.3%

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

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1195**

**932

Working population ****52.5%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 75.2% for women. 65% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 193 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (13%) · **■** Household industry 27 (3%) · **■** Other work 173 (20%) · **■** Marginal 376 (42%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Tal Chitkini1,829 people
- Bar Shankar1,827 people
- Maninathpur1,789 people
- Aymabar Barya1,730 people
- Amgechhe1,676 people
- Narpada1,600 people
- Chandpur1,392 people
- Gopalsingpur1,346 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchuria?1,691 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchuria in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchuria?80.2% (Census 2011)