Pakur, Hooghly

This article is about the village in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake town in Jharkhand, see Pakur. For 2 its namesake district in Jharkhand, see Pakur district.

Pakur
Village
Pakur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Pakur Pakur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°43′11″N88°11′41″E / 22.7196402°N 88.1946309°E / 22.7196402; 88.1946309
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,997
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	712702 (Mosat)
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Serampore
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Chanditala
Website	wb.gov.in

Pakur is a village in Chanditala I community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ^[1]

Geography

Pakur is located at 22°43′11″N88°11′41″E / 22.7196402°N 88.1946309°E / 22.7196402; 88.1946309 .

Gram panchayat

Villages and census towns in Nababpur gram panchayat, in addition to Pakur, are: Alipur, Dudhkalmi and Nababpur. ^[2]

MAP OF NABABPUR GP

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Pakur had a population of 3,997 of which 1,939 (49%) were males and 2,058 (51%) were females. Population below 6 years was 346. The number of literates in Pakur was 3,161 (86.58% of the population over 6 years). ^[3]

Culture

Pakur Tarun Sahitya Mandir is a rural library established in 1943 built in part Mr. Gora Mukhopadhyay and Tarak Mukherjee. ^[4]

References

1. "banglarbhumi.gov.in". WEST BENGAL ->HUGLI(হুগলী) ->CHANDITALA-I (চণ্ডীতলা-১) Mouza Information. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016.
2. "Pakur". Indian Village Directory. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
3. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
4. "Pakur Tarun Sahitya Mandir". Entranceindia. Retrieved 6 October 2018.