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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Payaka

Payaka is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **387 people in 70 households**, the 78th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 387people (2011)
- 70households
- 62.2%literacy
- 817females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Payaka

Of every 100 households in Payaka in 2011, 17 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Payaka · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****20%**

**34%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Payaka?

■ Payaka · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****817**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**969

Working population ****54.5%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 46.8% for women. 62% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 18 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (30%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (12%) · **■** Marginal 101 (48%)

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

- Shyampur416 people
- Kendbani405 people
- Makarka399 people
- Amjora392 people
- Gadasal Alias Lalpahari384 people
- Gopinathpur364 people
- Saragarya349 people
- Haridi348 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Payaka?387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Payaka in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Payaka?62.2% (Census 2011)