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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Patkua

Patkua is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **153 people in 32 households**, the 93rd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 153people (2011)
- 32households
- 75.9%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patkua

Of every 100 households in Patkua in 2011, 7 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Patkua · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****53%**

**34%

Television ****3%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Patkua?

■ Patkua · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**969

Working population ****51.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 63.2% for women. 58% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 37 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (6%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 36 (46%)

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

- Pratappur266 people
- Anandabazar254 people
- Bahadurpur180 people
- Chak Altagora164 people
- Kanchannagar148 people
- Parbad141 people
- Layamara94 people
- Amtakanali38 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patkua?153 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patkua in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Patkua?75.9% (Census 2011)