# Palekha Village, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shamli, Muzaffarnagar 

# Palekha

Palekha is a village in Shamli sub-district of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,498 people in 401 households**, the 64th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 2,498people (2011)
- 401households
- 77.4%literacy
- 833females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palekha

Of every 100 households in Palekha in 2011, 51 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Palekha · ■ Shamli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**42%

Tap water ****41%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**51%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****99%**

**68%

Television ****39%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****16%**

**12%

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 Palekha?

■ Palekha · ■ Shamli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****833**

**874

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****890**

**836

Working population ****31.3%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 63.5% for women. 50% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 200 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (21%) · **■** Household industry 40 (5%) · **■** Other work 185 (24%) · **■** Marginal 194 (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 Shamli

- Panjokhera2,729 people
- Dakhori Jamalpur2,576 people
- Kabraut2,575 people
- Chunasa2,498 people
- Sonta2,487 people
- Jafarpur2,391 people
- Hasanpur2,378 people
- Khanpur2,378 people

[All 135 villages in Shamli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/muzaffarnagar/shamli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palekha?2,498 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palekha in?Muzaffarnagar district (Shamli sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Palekha?77.4% (Census 2011)