# Piskapahari Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Piskapahari

Piskapahari is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **682 people in 132 households**, the 68th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 682people (2011)
- 132households
- 60.2%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Piskapahari

Of every 100 households in Piskapahari in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Piskapahari · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****94%**

**50%

Television ****3%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Piskapahari?

■ Piskapahari · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**987

Working population ****55.0%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 41.5% for women. 52% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (4%) · **■** Marginal 272 (73%)

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 Arsha

- Juradi751 people
- Bamandiha716 people
- Kenda707 people
- Pathardi705 people
- Gayalikocha673 people
- Kanchanpur667 people
- Khedadi643 people
- Burahatu Alias Kashidih630 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Piskapahari?682 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piskapahari in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Piskapahari?60.2% (Census 2011)