# Payarchali Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Payarchali

Payarchali is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,903 people in 402 households**, the 47th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 1,903people (2011)
- 402households
- 91.3%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Payarchali

Of every 100 households in Payarchali in 2011, 78 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Payarchali · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**20%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**91%

Use banking services ****58%**

**45%

Television ****50%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**20%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Payarchali?

■ Payarchali · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.3%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**972

Working population ****36.3%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.3% for men and 86.1% for women. 60% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (14%) · **■** Household industry 31 (4%) · **■** Other work 335 (49%) · **■** Marginal 185 (27%)

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 Tamluk

- Rasikpur1,981 people
- Amgechhya1,928 people
- Shalikadhanichak1,919 people
- Kakgechhya1,909 people
- Uttar Sautanchak1,873 people
- Ranichak1,871 people
- Srikanthakalaganda1,859 people
- Laichhanpur1,857 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Payarchali?1,903 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Payarchali in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Payarchali?91.3% (Census 2011)