# Panchghora Village, Jaynagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Panchghora

Panchghora is a village in Jaynagar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,689 people in 593 households**, the 30th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 2,689people (2011)
- 593households
- 76.5%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchghora

Of every 100 households in Panchghora in 2011, 50 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panchghora · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**51%

Tap water ****4%**

**7%

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

**3%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**90%

Use banking services ****24%**

**27%

Television ****19%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**42%

Own their home ****92%**

**96%

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 Panchghora?

■ Panchghora · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**949

Working population ****39.3%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 71.0% for women. 56% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (3%) · **■** Household industry 30 (3%) · **■** Other work 420 (40%) · **■** Marginal 546 (52%)

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 Jaynagar - I

- Narayani Tala2,839 people
- Nurulpur2,798 people
- Hogla2,723 people
- Goalberia2,697 people
- Sripur2,668 people
- Mahismari2,636 people
- Belechandi2,594 people
- Kanta Pukuria2,524 people

[All 67 villages in Jaynagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchghora?2,689 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchghora in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchghora?76.5% (Census 2011)