# Panditpota Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Panditpota

Panditpota is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,898 people in 729 households**, the 28th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 3,898people (2011)
- 729households
- 37.5%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panditpota

Of every 100 households in Panditpota in 2011, 38 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panditpota · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**62%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****22%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**40%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Panditpota?

■ Panditpota · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.5%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**967

Working population ****34.7%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.6% for men and 33.6% for women. 50% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 280 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 365 (27%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 266 (20%) · **■** Marginal 438 (32%)

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 Islampur

- Gunjaria4,470 people
- Kamlagaon4,316 people
- Manikpur3,980 people
- Iluabari3,921 people
- Kuargaon3,853 people
- Kundargaon3,306 people
- Kalanagin3,265 people
- Chhatish3,257 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panditpota?3,898 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panditpota in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panditpota?37.5% (Census 2011)