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

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pitramgachh

Pitramgachh is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,408 people in 242 households**, the 60th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 1,408people (2011)
- 242households
- 62.6%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pitramgachh

Of every 100 households in Pitramgachh in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pitramgachh · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**64%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****39%**

**37%

Television ****2%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**28%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Pitramgachh?

■ Pitramgachh · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.6%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**953

Working population ****24.1%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 54.1% for women. 43% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 129 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 151 (45%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (7%) · **■** Marginal 35 (10%)

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

- Gaodhuakalang1,555 people
- Purba Mokarandapur1,494 people
- Uttar Jibhakata1,476 people
- Pawakhali1,458 people
- Dhamjegachh1,407 people
- Purbba Jaypura1,362 people
- Bara Dangapara1,360 people
- Tetesari1,316 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pitramgachh?1,408 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pitramgachh in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pitramgachh?62.6% (Census 2011)