# Paina Village, Canning - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Paina

Paina is a village in Canning - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,314 people in 441 households**, the 32nd largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 2,314people (2011)
- 441households
- 74.1%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paina

Of every 100 households in Paina in 2011, 46 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paina · ■ Canning - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**41%

Tap water ****54%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**6%

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

**0%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****9%**

**12%

Television ****12%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**47%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Paina?

■ Paina · ■ Canning - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**961

Working population ****33.9%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 65.5% for women. 54% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 213 (27%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 102 (13%) · **■** Marginal 430 (55%)

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 - II

- Deuli2,753 people
- Ghikhali2,677 people
- Jibantala2,355 people
- Sastakhali2,325 people
- Kaluakhali2,226 people
- Bamunia2,128 people
- Mukhujya Para1,847 people
- Ganti1,752 people

[All 61 villages in Canning - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paina?2,314 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paina in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paina?74.1% (Census 2011)