# Palashdanga Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Palashdanga

Palashdanga is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,502 people in 561 households**, the 13th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 2,502people (2011)
- 561households
- 57.8%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palashdanga

Of every 100 households in Palashdanga in 2011, 35 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palashdanga · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****32%**

**75%

Use banking services ****50%**

**53%

Television ****18%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Palashdanga?

■ Palashdanga · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1096**

**948

Working population ****40.2%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.2% for men and 48.0% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 153 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 535 (53%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 162 (16%) · **■** Marginal 136 (14%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Ranga Matiya2,702 people
- Palshura2,611 people
- Dhulai2,607 people
- Kunda Pushkarini2,535 people
- Purba Dubrajpur2,500 people
- Rampur2,353 people
- Nityanandapur2,221 people
- Bhatpara2,155 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palashdanga?2,502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palashdanga in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palashdanga?57.8% (Census 2011)