# Pakhiralay Village, Gosaba – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Pakhiralay

Pakhiralay is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,946 people in 910 households**, the 31st largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 3,946people (2011)
- 910households
- 75.4%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakhiralay

Of every 100 households in Pakhiralay in 2011, 1 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Pakhiralay · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**23%

Tap water ****74%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****59%**

**35%

Television ****12%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**51%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Pakhiralay?

■ Pakhiralay · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**981

Working population ****41.7%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 67.7% for women. 59% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 273 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (6%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 494 (30%) · **■** Marginal 761 (46%)

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 Gosaba

- Radhanagar Paschim4,196 people
- Baramollakhali4,127 people
- Kamarpara4,091 people
- Hetalbari3,975 people
- Mathurakhanda3,826 people
- Biprodaspur3,799 people
- Hamilton Abad3,761 people
- Uttar Danga3,673 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakhiralay?3,946 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakhiralay in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakhiralay?75.4% (Census 2011)