# Palakisa Village, Misrikh, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Misrikh, Sitapur 

# Palakisa

Palakisa is a village in Misrikh sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,746 people in 539 households**, the 87th largest of 586 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.6%.

- 2,746people (2011)
- 539households
- 70.3%literacy
- 859females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palakisa

Of every 100 households in Palakisa in 2011, 1 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palakisa · ■ Misrikh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**85%

Tap water ****48%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****80%**

**86%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**14%

Own their home ****93%**

**99%

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 Palakisa?

■ Palakisa · ■ Misrikh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**65.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****859**

**872

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**916

Working population ****28.4%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 60.1% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 371 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (21%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (2%) · **■** Marginal 227 (29%)

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 Misrikh

- Mudiara2,789 people
- Barhaiya2,785 people
- Karipakar2,782 people
- Sakarara2,768 people
- Tarasawa2,727 people
- Kunera2,717 people
- Mura Kala2,707 people
- Foolpur2,704 people

[All 591 villages in Misrikh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/misrikh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palakisa?2,746 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palakisa in?Sitapur district (Misrikh sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Palakisa?70.3% (Census 2011)