# Penchara Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Penchara

Penchara is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,083 people in 228 households**, the 29th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 1,083people (2011)
- 228households
- 56.1%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Penchara

Of every 100 households in Penchara in 2011, 30 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Penchara · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**4%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**20%

Television ****12%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Penchara?

■ Penchara · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.1%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**949

Working population ****53.0%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 43.5% for women. 52% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 141 (25%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 36 (6%) · **■** Marginal 311 (54%)

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 Manbazar - II

- Tilabani1,115 people
- Pitidiri1,107 people
- Tamakhun1,098 people
- Bargorya1,096 people
- Jagda1,066 people
- Barkadam1,059 people
- Buribandh1,058 people
- Hesla1,058 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Penchara?1,083 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Penchara in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Penchara?56.1% (Census 2011)