# Parganti, Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas

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Village · Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Parganti

Parganti is a village in [Canning - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-ii/) 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 **2,781 people in 532 households**, the 27th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 2,781people (2011)
- 532households
- 71.4%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parganti

Of every 100 households in Parganti in 2011, 32 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Parganti · ■ Canning - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**41%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**92%

Use banking services ****5%**

**12%

Television ****3%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**47%

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 Parganti?

■ Parganti · ■ Canning - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**961

Working population ****24.7%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 63.5% for women. 44% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 157 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (7%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 78 (11%) · **■** Marginal 394 (57%)

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

- Srinagar3,420 people
- Ganga Cheri3,403 people
- Hediar Abad3,183 people
- Chengdona3,065 people
- Deuli2,753 people
- Ghikhali2,677 people
- Jibantala2,355 people
- Sastakhali2,325 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 Parganti?2,781 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parganti in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Parganti?71.4% (Census 2011)