# Palara Village, Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Palara

Palara is a village in Kanpur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,052 people in 434 households**, the 89th largest of 252 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 2,052people (2011)
- 434households
- 68.6%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palara

Of every 100 households in Palara in 2011, 15 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palara · ■ Kanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**72%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**87%

Use banking services ****86%**

**73%

Television ****17%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Palara?

■ Palara · ■ Kanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1128**

**885

Working population ****55.3%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 59.3% for women. 62% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 31 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 787 (69%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 29 (3%) · **■** Marginal 283 (25%)

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 Kanpur

- Ghurwakhera2,080 people
- Tauns2,079 people
- Purwamir2,073 people
- Harbanspur2,061 people
- Daheliujagar2,030 people
- Hajipur2,017 people
- Katheruwa2,013 people
- Kundari Champatpur2,004 people

[All 279 villages in Kanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/kanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palara?2,052 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palara in?Kanpur Nagar district (Kanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Palara?68.6% (Census 2011)