# Palajuria Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Palajuria

Palajuria is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,323 people in 252 households**, the 44th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,323people (2011)
- 252households
- 59.0%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palajuria

Of every 100 households in Palajuria in 2011, 6 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Palajuria · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**67%

Use banking services ****18%**

**43%

Television ****3%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Palajuria?

■ Palajuria · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.0%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**908

Working population ****29.7%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 41.9% for women. 55% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 20 (5%) · **■** Other work 42 (11%) · **■** Marginal 331 (84%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Nandanpur1,612 people
- Dumuria1,575 people
- Phuljam1,567 people
- Dethol1,359 people
- Jam Bedya1,315 people
- Tentulia Danga1,260 people
- Kenduadihi1,259 people
- Lalpur Bara1,247 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palajuria?1,323 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palajuria in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palajuria?59.0% (Census 2011)