# Palbandha Village, Kotulpur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Kotulpur, Bankura 

# Palbandha

Palbandha is a village in Kotulpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **920 people in 218 households**, the 57th largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 920people (2011)
- 218households
- 65.3%literacy
- 851females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palbandha

Of every 100 households in Palbandha in 2011, 47 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palbandha · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**28%

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

**3%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****74%**

**65%

Television ****12%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**11%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Palbandha?

■ Palbandha · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****851**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**969

Working population ****42.4%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 56.6% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 178 (46%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 78 (20%) · **■** Marginal 80 (21%)

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 Kotulpur

- Gopalganja1,006 people
- Patpur972 people
- Panna963 people
- Chak Chand944 people
- Sagar Meje900 people
- Gramsagarmeje899 people
- Jhneia886 people
- Purba Narayanpur867 people

[All 169 villages in Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palbandha?920 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palbandha in?Bankura district (Kotulpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palbandha?65.3% (Census 2011)