# Palsa Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Palsa

Palsa is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **452 people in 121 households**, the 120th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 452people (2011)
- 121households
- 80.5%literacy
- 1,027females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palsa

Of every 100 households in Palsa in 2011, 37 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palsa · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**45%

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

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**18%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**82%

Use banking services ****30%**

**61%

Television ****12%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**24%

Own their home ****92%**

**95%

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 Palsa?

■ Palsa · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1027**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**972

Working population ****33.4%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 73.4% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 38 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (7%) · **■** Other work 12 (8%) · **■** Marginal 90 (60%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Laudaha465 people
- Ratanpur462 people
- Jaljalia460 people
- Mahuli459 people
- Galundi419 people
- Srichandrapur415 people
- Paschim Islampur407 people
- Shripatipur404 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palsa?452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palsa in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palsa?80.5% (Census 2011)