# Palashdanga Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Palashdanga

Palashdanga is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,783 people in 424 households**, the 23rd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 1,783people (2011)
- 424households
- 75.4%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palashdanga

Of every 100 households in Palashdanga in 2011, 54 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palashdanga · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**85%

Tap water ****46%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**14%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**77%

Use banking services ****47%**

**51%

Television ****21%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Palashdanga?

■ Palashdanga · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**980

Working population ****40.6%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 62.9% for women. 63% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 212 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 186 (26%) · **■** Other work 42 (6%) · **■** Marginal 284 (39%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Hajrapur1,961 people
- Gopalnagar1,934 people
- Selarpur1,914 people
- Baljuri1,913 people
- Kuita1,769 people
- Bakreswar1,741 people
- Jophlai1,729 people
- Loba1,718 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palashdanga?1,783 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palashdanga in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palashdanga?75.4% (Census 2011)