# Palaka Village, Bakshi Ka Talab, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bakshi Ka Talab, Lucknow 

# Palaka

Palaka is a village in Bakshi Ka Talab sub-district of Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,735 people in 269 households**, the 55th largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,735people (2011)
- 269households
- 72.2%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palaka

Of every 100 households in Palaka in 2011, 66 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 35 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Palaka · ■ Bakshi Ka Talab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**83%

Use banking services ****70%**

**77%

Television ****46%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****35%**

**22%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**9%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Palaka?

■ Palaka · ■ Bakshi Ka Talab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1160**

**905

Working population ****32.9%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 66.1% for women. 54% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 145 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (4%) · **■** Household industry 60 (11%) · **■** Other work 149 (26%) · **■** Marginal 195 (34%)

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 Bakshi Ka Talab

- Duggor1,813 people
- Gulalpur1,783 people
- Bargadikala1,777 people
- Dudhara1,757 people
- Kapasi1,710 people
- Fatehpur Khamrai1,633 people
- Misripur1,619 people
- Mohmmadpur Majara1,607 people

[All 186 villages in Bakshi Ka Talab](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/bakshi-ka-talab/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palaka?1,735 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palaka in?Lucknow district (Bakshi Ka Talab sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Palaka?72.2% (Census 2011)