Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya
# Pichasi

Pichasi is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,614 people in 286 households, the 30th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.
- 1,614 people (2011)
- 286 households
- 61.0% literacy
- 903 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pichasi

Of every 100 households in Pichasi in 2011, 16 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pichasi · ■ Purulia - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 16% 31%
- Toilet within the home 3% 7%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 92%
- Tap water 1% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 3% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 84%
- Use banking services 16% 44%
- Television 4% 16%
- Mobile phone 18% 32%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 3% 22%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Pichasi?

■ Pichasi · ■ Purulia - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 61.0% 64.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 903 943
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 991 934
- Working population 28.7% 41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 45.0% for women. 47% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 147 (32%) · ■ Household industry 13 (3%) · ■ Other work 226 (49%) · ■ Marginal 78 (17%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Purulia - I
- Jeledi 1,784 people
- Salikakumarda 1,784 people
- Chipida 1,716 people
- Golbera 1,634 people
- Kukurgarya 1,533 people
- Banshra 1,457 people
- Hulka 1,447 people
- Tamna 1,444 people

All 114 villages in Purulia - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Pichasi? 1,614 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pichasi in? Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pichasi? 61.0% (Census 2011)

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