# Palpai Village, Khoyrasol, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Khoyrasol, Birbhum 

# Palpai

Palpai is a village in Khoyrasol sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,937 people in 717 households**, the 11th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 2,937people (2011)
- 717households
- 73.4%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palpai

Of every 100 households in Palpai in 2011, 38 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palpai · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**86%

Tap water ****22%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**19%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****50%**

**51%

Use banking services ****60%**

**52%

Television ****25%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Palpai?

■ Palpai · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****901**

**935

Working population ****33.7%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 64.1% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 401 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (8%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 92 (9%) · **■** Marginal 417 (42%)

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 Khoyrasol

- Panchra3,412 people
- Kankartala3,390 people
- Khayrashoal3,313 people
- Babuirjor3,038 people
- Parsundi2,726 people
- Naxrakanda2,683 people
- Naopara2,658 people
- Sahapur2,597 people

[All 170 villages in Khoyrasol](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/khoyrasol/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palpai?2,937 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palpai in?Birbhum district (Khoyrasol sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palpai?73.4% (Census 2011)