# Pakbirra Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Pakbirra

Pakbirra is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,754 people in 371 households**, the 28th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,754people (2011)
- 371households
- 70.4%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakbirra

Of every 100 households in Pakbirra in 2011, 36 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pakbirra · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**88%

Use banking services ****24%**

**34%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Pakbirra?

■ Pakbirra · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****856**

**969

Working population ****50.2%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 59.7% for women. 54% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 277 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 93 (11%) · **■** Marginal 476 (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 Puncha

- Laharia1,883 people
- Panrui1,855 people
- Kanara1,836 people
- Maheshpur1,821 people
- Delang1,739 people
- Hariharpur1,660 people
- Poradi1,659 people
- Tatari1,622 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakbirra?1,754 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakbirra in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakbirra?70.4% (Census 2011)