# Pajol Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pajol

Pajol is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,963 people in 625 households**, the 22nd largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 2,963people (2011)
- 625households
- 54.7%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pajol

Of every 100 households in Pajol in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pajol · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****15%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****24%**

**16%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Pajol?

■ Pajol · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.7%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**955

Working population ****34.2%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.0% for men and 48.2% for women. 53% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 210 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 398 (39%) · **■** Other work 49 (5%) · **■** Marginal 357 (35%)

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 Itahar

- Baidara3,237 people
- Damdalia3,191 people
- Bhagnail3,155 people
- Jamalpur3,072 people
- Bhabanipur Bejpukur2,832 people
- Mahamadpur2,826 people
- Para2,704 people
- Dakshinal2,696 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pajol?2,963 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pajol in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pajol?54.7% (Census 2011)