# Paranikheko, Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Paranikheko

Paranikheko is a village in [Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/) sub-district of [South Twenty Four Parganas](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **2,169 people in 426 households**, the 37th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 2,169people (2011)
- 426households
- 48.6%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paranikheko

Of every 100 households in Paranikheko in 2011, 28 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Paranikheko · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****18%**

**20%

Television ****15%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Paranikheko?

■ Paranikheko · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.6%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****961**

**950

Working population ****28.9%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.2% for men and 39.6% for women. 48% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (30%) · **■** Household industry 39 (6%) · **■** Other work 259 (41%) · **■** Marginal 118 (19%)

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 Canning - I

- Thakurani Baria2,495 people
- Dakshin Redokhali2,445 people
- Kara Kati2,434 people
- Sundi Pukhuria2,256 people
- Marapia1,999 people
- Kankradaha1,752 people
- Dakshin Angad Baria1,727 people
- Mara Haldi1,716 people

[All 53 villages in Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paranikheko?2,169 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paranikheko in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paranikheko?48.6% (Census 2011)