# Palshare Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Palshare

Palshare is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,525 people in 272 households**, the 33rd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,525people (2011)
- 272households
- 66.3%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palshare

Of every 100 households in Palshare in 2011, 44 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palshare · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**37%

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

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**35%

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

**1%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****25%**

**53%

Television ****16%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Palshare?

■ Palshare · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**948

Working population ****43.0%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 56.8% for women. 66% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 265 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (6%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 59 (9%) · **■** Marginal 276 (42%)

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

- Dariapur1,548 people
- Patjor1,546 people
- Beloa1,545 people
- Mahanpur1,544 people
- Chakai1,476 people
- Ban Parulia1,461 people
- Purba Nabasan1,446 people
- Bara1,421 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palshare?1,525 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palshare in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palshare?66.3% (Census 2011)