# Palshura Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Palshura

Palshura is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,611 people in 509 households**, the 10th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 2,611people (2011)
- 509households
- 77.5%literacy
- 862females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palshura

Of every 100 households in Palshura in 2011, 52 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palshura · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**35%

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

**1%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****27%**

**53%

Television ****16%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**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 Palshura?

■ Palshura · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****862**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****890**

**948

Working population ****46.4%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 65.7% for women. 55% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 370 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 373 (31%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 62 (5%) · **■** Marginal 403 (33%)

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

- Radha Mohanpur3,049 people
- Pear Bera2,761 people
- Bondalhati2,758 people
- Ranga Matiya2,702 people
- Dhulai2,607 people
- Kunda Pushkarini2,535 people
- Palashdanga2,502 people
- Purba Dubrajpur2,500 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palshura?2,611 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palshura in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palshura?77.5% (Census 2011)