# Panchkuda Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Panchkuda

Panchkuda is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **839 people in 120 households**, the 78th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 839people (2011)
- 120households
- 38.2%literacy
- 844females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchkuda

Of every 100 households in Panchkuda in 2011, 40 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panchkuda · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****6%**

**41%

Television ****4%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Panchkuda?

■ Panchkuda · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.2%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****844**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**957

Working population ****53.5%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.7% for men and 28.3% for women. 54% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (6%) · **■** Marginal 329 (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 Barabazar

- Bamundiha883 people
- Bagalbandh876 people
- Puijanga868 people
- Jaria845 people
- Hurumdah837 people
- Lakra Khonda833 people
- Arabad820 people
- Adabana819 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchkuda?839 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchkuda in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchkuda?38.2% (Census 2011)