# Palra Village, Khurja, Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khurja, Bulandshahr 

# Palra

Palra is a village in Khurja sub-district of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,011 people in 290 households**, the 75th largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.0%.

- 2,011people (2011)
- 290households
- 77.5%literacy
- 862females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palra

Of every 100 households in Palra in 2011, 7 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Palra · ■ Khurja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**70%

Tap water ****3%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**69%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****96%**

**61%

Television ****60%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**15%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Palra?

■ Palra · ■ Khurja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**70.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****862**

**886

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**851

Working population ****35.5%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 66.9% for women. 53% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (8%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 148 (21%) · **■** Marginal 264 (37%)

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 Khurja

- Kapna2,150 people
- Khabra2,099 people
- Farana2,070 people
- Agwal2,064 people
- Dashahara Kherli2,004 people
- Pala1,997 people
- Nagilia Udhaybhan1,986 people
- Arnia Khurd1,973 people

[All 191 villages in Khurja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bulandshahr/khurja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palra?2,011 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palra in?Bulandshahr district (Khurja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Palra?77.5% (Census 2011)