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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pakuria

Pakuria is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **989 people in 202 households**, the 84th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 989people (2011)
- 202households
- 67.2%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakuria

Of every 100 households in Pakuria in 2011, 9 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pakuria · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****58%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Pakuria?

■ Pakuria · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1194**

**969

Working population ****50.3%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 52.0% for women. 59% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 334 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (7%) · **■** Other work 28 (6%) · **■** Marginal 98 (20%)

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

- Randhanipara1,057 people
- Kachna1,042 people
- Paschim Gagara1,025 people
- Narayanpur1,023 people
- Mudafat988 people
- Raynagar969 people
- Paschim Durgapur959 people
- Ganeshbati933 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakuria?989 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakuria in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakuria?67.2% (Census 2011)