# Panchet Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Panchet

Panchet is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,106 people in 914 households**, the 5th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 4,106people (2011)
- 914households
- 82.4%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchet

Of every 100 households in Panchet in 2011, 31 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Panchet · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**34%

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

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**5%

Tap water ****32%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**97%

Use banking services ****49%**

**36%

Television ****20%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**21%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Panchet?

■ Panchet · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.4%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**943

Working population ****36.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 75.6% for women. 60% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 217 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 267 (18%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 210 (14%) · **■** Marginal 792 (53%)

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 - II

- Khar6,645 people
- Kharat Katbar5,961 people
- Kasbapatapur5,853 people
- Balgobindapur4,368 people
- Mustaphapur3,988 people
- Mathura3,860 people
- Satshatamal3,565 people
- Sandalpur3,079 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchet?4,106 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchet in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchet?82.4% (Census 2011)