# Patahesal Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Patahesal

Patahesal is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,499 people in 268 households**, the 35th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,499people (2011)
- 268households
- 63.7%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patahesal

Of every 100 households in Patahesal in 2011, 34 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Patahesal · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****34%**

**30%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Patahesal?

■ Patahesal · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1113**

**951

Working population ****47.0%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 48.1% for women. 57% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 61 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (20%) · **■** Other work 36 (5%) · **■** Marginal 464 (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 Bagmundi

- Tarang1,597 people
- Ekra1,575 people
- Pagrodi1,574 people
- Sirkadi1,519 people
- Saridi1,491 people
- Koreng1,407 people
- Gandhudi1,295 people
- Simali1,186 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patahesal?1,499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patahesal in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Patahesal?63.7% (Census 2011)