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

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Piajpokhar

Piajpokhar is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,193 people in 224 households**, the 67th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 1,193people (2011)
- 224households
- 54.3%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Piajpokhar

Of every 100 households in Piajpokhar in 2011, 21 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Piajpokhar · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**64%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****40%**

**37%

Television ****9%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****66%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Piajpokhar?

■ Piajpokhar · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.3%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**953

Working population ****28.2%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.8% for men and 45.1% for women. 40% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (25%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (4%) · **■** Marginal 213 (63%)

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

- Bara Dangapara1,360 people
- Tetesari1,316 people
- Paschim Mokarandapur1,293 people
- Nandigachh1,254 people
- Kuimari1,083 people
- Gaodhuakhurd1,079 people
- Binapur1,008 people
- Lalitgachh922 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Piajpokhar?1,193 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piajpokhar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Piajpokhar?54.3% (Census 2011)