# Paik Para Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Paik Para

Paik Para is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **641 people in 145 households**, the 115th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 641people (2011)
- 145households
- 77.6%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paik Para

Of every 100 households in Paik Para in 2011, 54 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paik Para · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**91%

Use banking services ****33%**

**37%

Television ****30%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Paik Para?

■ Paik Para · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**76.5%

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

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**965

Working population ****33.9%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 68.5% for women. 59% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (42%) · **■** Household industry 10 (5%) · **■** Other work 67 (31%) · **■** Marginal 28 (13%)

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 Falta

- Digra688 people
- Sibpur683 people
- Brihaspatipur680 people
- Sriballabhpur678 people
- Pikhira571 people
- Goa Beria553 people
- Gharulia543 people
- Pakur Tala519 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paik Para?641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paik Para in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paik Para?77.6% (Census 2011)