# Paikan Village, Bhangar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Paikan

Paikan is a village in Bhangar - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,452 people in 260 households**, the 52nd largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.4%.

- 1,452people (2011)
- 260households
- 82.5%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paikan

Of every 100 households in Paikan in 2011, 34 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Paikan · ■ Bhangar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**40%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****54%**

**32%

Television ****20%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****12%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Paikan?

■ Paikan · ■ Bhangar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**74.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**962

Working population ****30.0%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 78.8% for women. 53% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (14%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 167 (38%) · **■** Marginal 76 (17%)

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 Bhangar - II

- Uttar Swarup Nagar1,567 people
- Jamirgachhi1,509 people
- Kantadanga1,501 people
- Uttar Rajapur1,464 people
- Rampur1,427 people
- Tara Hadia1,390 people
- Gara Gachha1,323 people
- Chandakanthal Beria1,229 people

[All 60 villages in Bhangar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paikan?1,452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paikan in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paikan?82.5% (Census 2011)