# Panipathar Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Panipathar

Panipathar is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,118 people in 431 households**, the 18th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,118people (2011)
- 431households
- 69.7%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panipathar

Of every 100 households in Panipathar in 2011, 16 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panipathar · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**88%

Use banking services ****39%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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 Panipathar?

■ Panipathar · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**969

Working population ****60.0%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 54.1% for women. 59% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 235 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (3%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 44 (3%) · **■** Marginal 938 (74%)

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

- Bagda2,370 people
- Damodarpur2,303 people
- Kaira2,249 people
- Chhirudi2,243 people
- Konapara1,990 people
- Gopalpur1,977 people
- Punura1,968 people
- Dhadki1,944 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panipathar?2,118 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panipathar in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panipathar?69.7% (Census 2011)