# Pikhira Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Pikhira

Pikhira is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **571 people in 160 households**, the 116th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 571people (2011)
- 160households
- 79.5%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pikhira

Of every 100 households in Pikhira in 2011, 79 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pikhira · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**49%

Tap water ****39%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****57%**

**37%

Television ****43%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Pikhira?

■ Pikhira · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**965

Working population ****36.8%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 68.4% for women. 61% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 12 (6%) · **■** Other work 118 (56%) · **■** Marginal 12 (6%)

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

- Sibpur683 people
- Brihaspatipur680 people
- Sriballabhpur678 people
- Paik Para641 people
- Goa Beria553 people
- Gharulia543 people
- Pakur Tala519 people
- Banki517 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 Pikhira?571 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pikhira in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pikhira?79.5% (Census 2011)