# Palpur Village, Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Palpur

Palpur is a village in Ghatampur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,379 people in 233 households**, the 142nd largest of 298 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,379people (2011)
- 233households
- 73.9%literacy
- 831females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palpur

Of every 100 households in Palpur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palpur · ■ Ghatampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**78%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**9%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****58%**

**80%

Television ****6%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**17%

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 Palpur?

■ Palpur · ■ Ghatampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****831**

**865

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**887

Working population ****32.0%**

**39.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 65.8% for women. 54% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 253 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (17%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (10%) · **■** Marginal 65 (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 Ghatampur

- Kurseda1,388 people
- Husena1,387 people
- Juraiyan1,387 people
- Mavai Madhau1,382 people
- Machhaila1,375 people
- Gauri Kakra1,350 people
- Laukaha1,349 people
- Nevada Ujagar1,347 people

[All 319 villages in Ghatampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/ghatampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palpur?1,379 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palpur in?Kanpur Nagar district (Ghatampur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Palpur?73.9% (Census 2011)