# Pothimari Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pothimari

Pothimari is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,122 people in 258 households**, the 123rd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,122people (2011)
- 258households
- 60.6%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pothimari

Of every 100 households in Pothimari in 2011, 5 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pothimari · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**78%

Tap water ****6%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****26%**

**19%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**28%

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 Pothimari?

■ Pothimari · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**943

Working population ****35.0%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 47.5% for women. 53% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 104 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (37%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 81 (21%) · **■** Marginal 59 (15%)

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 Karandighi

- Purba Mohanpur1,165 people
- Paniha1,153 people
- Purba Pipla1,152 people
- Bosara1,125 people
- Bhandarbari1,110 people
- Bishunpur1,106 people
- Khempur1,101 people
- Ghordha1,095 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pothimari?1,122 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pothimari in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pothimari?60.6% (Census 2011)