# Palta Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Palta

Palta is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,385 people in 319 households**, the 57th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 1,385people (2011)
- 319households
- 69.4%literacy
- 1,052females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palta

Of every 100 households in Palta in 2011, 82 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palta · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**43%

Tap water ****100%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**74%

Use banking services ****48%**

**39%

Television ****28%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Palta?

■ Palta · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1052**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1313**

**973

Working population ****44.2%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 60.5% for women. 62% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (32%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 59 (10%) · **■** Marginal 305 (50%)

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 Memari - I

- Ghosh1,447 people
- Konarpara1,446 people
- Debpur1,412 people
- Paschim Tazpur1,395 people
- Durgadanga1,362 people
- Sekhpur1,344 people
- Bharpota1,325 people
- Baharampur1,278 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palta?1,385 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palta in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palta?69.4% (Census 2011)