# Palash Danga Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Palash Danga

Palash Danga is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **785 people in 163 households**, the 80th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 785people (2011)
- 163households
- 78.6%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palash Danga

Of every 100 households in Palash Danga in 2011, 75 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palash Danga · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**50%

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

**33%

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

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**80%

Use banking services ****27%**

**39%

Television ****21%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Palash Danga?

■ Palash Danga · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**964

Working population ****34.5%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 71.6% for women. 59% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (16%) · **■** Marginal 219 (81%)

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 Indus

- Patraganti843 people
- Shanpura835 people
- Chak Rabia827 people
- Bagmari786 people
- Bagajal779 people
- Uttar Khanda770 people
- Belbandbi768 people
- Banberia765 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palash Danga?785 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palash Danga in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palash Danga?78.6% (Census 2011)