# Pathankhali Village, Gosaba – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Pathankhali

Pathankhali is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,414 people in 320 households**, the 49th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,414people (2011)
- 320households
- 81.2%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pathankhali

Of every 100 households in Pathankhali in 2011, 1 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Pathankhali · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**23%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****25%**

**35%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****52%**

**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 Pathankhali?

■ Pathankhali · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**981

Working population ****59.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 74.5% for women. 59% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 186 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (4%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 58 (7%) · **■** Marginal 559 (67%)

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

- Bhupendrapur2,616 people
- Gopalkata2,301 people
- Jelepara1,950 people
- Jhaukhali1,502 people
- Mitrapur1,194 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 Pathankhali?1,414 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pathankhali in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pathankhali?81.2% (Census 2011)