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

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ponkamra

Ponkamra is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,664 people in 607 households**, the 25th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,664people (2011)
- 607households
- 73.9%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ponkamra

Of every 100 households in Ponkamra in 2011, 24 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ponkamra · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**91%

Use banking services ****14%**

**37%

Television ****10%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****75%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ponkamra?

■ Ponkamra · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****822**

**965

Working population ****37.2%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 68.3% for women. 54% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 129 (13%) · **■** Household industry 114 (12%) · **■** Other work 243 (25%) · **■** Marginal 491 (50%)

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

- Dona2,877 people
- Paschhim Gopalpur2,769 people
- Gobindapur2,730 people
- Rukhia2,680 people
- Ghanasyampur2,651 people
- Punya2,583 people
- Dostapur2,538 people
- Nityanandapur2,529 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 Ponkamra?2,664 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ponkamra in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ponkamra?73.9% (Census 2011)