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

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Pania

Pania is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **879 people in 215 households**, the 68th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 879people (2011)
- 215households
- 89.9%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pania

Of every 100 households in Pania in 2011, 22 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pania · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****45%**

**36%

Television ****13%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**21%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Pania?

■ Pania · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.9%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**943

Working population ****36.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 82.9% for women. 60% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 61 (19%) · **■** Marginal 213 (66%)

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

- Pindrut974 people
- Itachana960 people
- Kakhuria958 people
- Gangasagar938 people
- Mangal Chak877 people
- Sukha Khola872 people
- Girisha870 people
- Lachhubar866 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 Pania?879 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pania in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pania?89.9% (Census 2011)