Panchpara

Panchpara পাঁচপাড়া
Census Town
Panchpara Panchpara Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°33′59″N 88°15′38″E / 22.56635°N 88.26048°ECoordinates: 22°33′59″N 88°15′38″E / 22.56635°N 88.26048°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Population (2011)
• Total	19,283
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Howrah
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Sankrail
Website	howrah.gov.in

Panchpara is a census town in Sankrail CD Block under Sankrail police station in Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.^[1]

Geography

Panchpara is located at 22°33′59″N 88°15′38″E / 22.56635°N 88.26048°E

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Panchpara had a total population of 19,283 of which 9,976 (52%) were males and 9,307 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 2,415. The total number of literates in Panchpara was 14,127 (83.75% of the population over 6 years).^[2]

Panchpara was part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census.^[3]

As of 2001 India census,^[4] Panchpara had a population of 15,078. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Panchpara has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 67%. In Panchpara, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

1. "District-wise list of stautory towns". Census Commission of India. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
2. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
3. "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh. Census of India 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
4. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.