# Pachandapur Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Pachandapur

Pachandapur is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **541 people in 106 households**, the 51st largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 541people (2011)
- 106households
- 60.8%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pachandapur

Of every 100 households in Pachandapur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Pachandapur · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**67%

Use banking services ****28%**

**52%

Television ****32%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Pachandapur?

■ Pachandapur · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****650**

**973

Working population ****29.2%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 50.7% for women. 53% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (36%) · **■** Marginal 99 (63%)

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 Santuri

- Nabaghanadi alias Patharbad594 people
- Kushtor570 people
- Jagannathdi557 people
- Kharbar554 people
- Pirargorya538 people
- Krishtapur537 people
- Matidundra524 people
- Kushunda506 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pachandapur?541 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pachandapur in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pachandapur?60.8% (Census 2011)