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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Penchara

Penchara is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,614 people in 467 households**, the 11th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,614people (2011)
- 467households
- 68.0%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Penchara

Of every 100 households in Penchara in 2011, 25 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Penchara · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**29%

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

**7%

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

**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 ****20%**

**34%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Penchara?

■ Penchara · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**969

Working population ****57.9%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 53.3% for women. 60% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 631 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 270 (18%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 195 (13%) · **■** Marginal 411 (27%)

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

- Badra3,082 people
- Kuruktopa2,964 people
- Laulara2,743 people
- Bansa2,696 people
- Matha2,446 people
- Deorang2,379 people
- Bagda2,370 people
- Damodarpur2,303 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Penchara?2,614 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Penchara in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Penchara?68.0% (Census 2011)