# Palita Village, Ketugram - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ketugram - I, Barddhaman 

# Palita

Palita is a village in Ketugram - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,342 people in 1,134 households**, the 9th largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 4,342people (2011)
- 1,134households
- 60.7%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palita

Of every 100 households in Palita in 2011, 35 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palita · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**26%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****71%**

**68%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****57%**

**42%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Palita?

■ Palita · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**955

Working population ****35.8%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 54.7% for women. 59% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 345 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 590 (38%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 212 (14%) · **■** Marginal 403 (26%)

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 Ketugram - I

- Murgram5,919 people
- Rajur5,776 people
- Ehiapur5,732 people
- Chakta4,582 people
- Pandugram4,178 people
- Komarpur4,110 people
- Khanji4,052 people
- Dadhia3,883 people

[All 66 villages in Ketugram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ketugram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palita?4,342 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palita in?Barddhaman district (Ketugram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palita?60.7% (Census 2011)