# Pakurya Village, Sahid Matangini – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur 

# Pakurya

Pakurya is a village in Sahid Matangini sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,523 people in 557 households**, the 30th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 2,523people (2011)
- 557households
- 89.2%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakurya

Of every 100 households in Pakurya in 2011, 64 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pakurya · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**68%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**21%

Tap water ****2%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****70%**

**38%

Television ****26%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Pakurya?

■ Pakurya · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.2%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****798**

**955

Working population ****35.2%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 83.8% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 52 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (7%) · **■** Household industry 57 (6%) · **■** Other work 415 (47%) · **■** Marginal 306 (34%)

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 Sahid Matangini

- Soya Dighi2,704 people
- Jamitta2,628 people
- Paikpari2,595 people
- Banpur2,526 people
- Biswas2,501 people
- Hakala2,487 people
- Ramchandrapur2,423 people
- Gobra2,219 people

[All 86 villages in Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakurya?2,523 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakurya in?Purba Medinipur district (Sahid Matangini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakurya?89.2% (Census 2011)