# Pachakandar Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pachakandar

Pachakandar is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,076 people in 243 households**, the 78th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,076people (2011)
- 243households
- 54.9%literacy
- 1,046females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pachakandar

Of every 100 households in Pachakandar in 2011, 24 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pachakandar · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**23%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****4%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Pachakandar?

■ Pachakandar · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.9%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1046**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****761**

**969

Working population ****46.3%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.8% for men and 46.0% for women. 59% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 102 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (29%) · **■** Other work 30 (6%) · **■** Marginal 222 (45%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Kushgram1,097 people
- Hariharpur1,094 people
- Sahapur1,088 people
- Uttar Shankarpur1,088 people
- Radhikapur1,057 people
- Randhanipara1,057 people
- Kachna1,042 people
- Paschim Gagara1,025 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pachakandar?1,076 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pachakandar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pachakandar?54.9% (Census 2011)