# Pardha Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pardha

Pardha is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,668 people in 373 households**, the 90th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,668people (2011)
- 373households
- 55.2%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pardha

Of every 100 households in Pardha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Pardha · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**72%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****2%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

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

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Pardha?

■ Pardha · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.2%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**939

Working population ****55.5%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 40.9% for women. 53% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 299 (32%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 37 (4%) · **■** Marginal 452 (49%)

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 Raiganj

- Mallickpur1,759 people
- Basatpur1,709 people
- Dubduar1,677 people
- Cheramati1,669 people
- Burakamat1,618 people
- Pachim Mahadebpur1,603 people
- Mahipur1,585 people
- Barabar1,580 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pardha?1,668 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pardha in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pardha?55.2% (Census 2011)