# Panchpara Village, Magrahat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Panchpara

Panchpara is a village in Magrahat - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,470 people in 338 households**, the 53rd largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 1,470people (2011)
- 338households
- 87.5%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchpara

Of every 100 households in Panchpara in 2011, 45 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panchpara · ■ Magrahat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**38%

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

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**50%

Tap water ****2%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****47%**

**34%

Television ****50%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**35%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Panchpara?

■ Panchpara · ■ Magrahat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.5%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1206**

**956

Working population ****32.9%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 80.2% for women. 55% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 284 (59%) · **■** Marginal 161 (33%)

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 Magrahat - II

- Jaldhapa1,527 people
- Baniber1,517 people
- Katkina Ishwaripur1,505 people
- Makaltala1,505 people
- Chakiswari1,409 people
- Belgachhia1,396 people
- Paschim Kamar Pukuria1,310 people
- Purbba Ramanathpur1,296 people

[All 78 villages in Magrahat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchpara?1,470 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchpara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchpara?87.5% (Census 2011)