# Payrachali Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Payrachali

Payrachali is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **560 people in 129 households**, the 100th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 560people (2011)
- 129households
- 93.2%literacy
- 824females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Payrachali

Of every 100 households in Payrachali in 2011, 36 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Payrachali · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****26%**

**46%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Payrachali?

■ Payrachali · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.2%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****824**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**932

Working population ****67.3%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.1% for men and 88.3% for women. 70% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 10 (3%) · **■** Marginal 352 (93%)

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

- Sahdatpur610 people
- Kakurya Danga598 people
- Joykrishnapur592 people
- Mahespur579 people
- Singda550 people
- Dakshin Rautara541 people
- Maishali540 people
- Ramkhali535 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 Payrachali?560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Payrachali in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Payrachali?93.2% (Census 2011)