# Pawakhali Village, Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pawakhali

Pawakhali is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,458 people in 270 households**, the 59th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 1,458people (2011)
- 270households
- 59.7%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pawakhali

Of every 100 households in Pawakhali in 2011, 9 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pawakhali · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**64%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****32%**

**37%

Television ****6%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Pawakhali?

■ Pawakhali · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.7%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1007**

**953

Working population ****27.2%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 48.6% for women. 42% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (12%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 141 (36%) · **■** Marginal 95 (24%)

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 Chopra

- Uttar Kundalpokhar1,613 people
- Gaodhuakalang1,555 people
- Purba Mokarandapur1,494 people
- Uttar Jibhakata1,476 people
- Pitramgachh1,408 people
- Dhamjegachh1,407 people
- Purbba Jaypura1,362 people
- Bara Dangapara1,360 people

[All 118 villages in Chopra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/chopra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pawakhali?1,458 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pawakhali in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pawakhali?59.7% (Census 2011)