# Palan Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Palan

Palan is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,567 people in 336 households**, the 39th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,567people (2011)
- 336households
- 59.7%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palan

Of every 100 households in Palan in 2011, 39 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palan · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**15%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**80%

Use banking services ****15%**

**34%

Television ****20%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Palan?

■ Palan · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.7%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****832**

**983

Working population ****28.1%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.8% for men and 51.0% for women. 50% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 37 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (7%) · **■** Other work 136 (31%) · **■** Marginal 235 (53%)

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 Mohammad Bazar

- Baidyanathpur1,680 people
- Karaia Gopalnagar1,680 people
- Rajyadharpur1,643 people
- Makdumnagar1,593 people
- Sukna1,534 people
- Bishnupur1,507 people
- Birupur1,500 people
- Char Ichharaghubarpur1,488 people

[All 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mohammad-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palan?1,567 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palan in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palan?59.7% (Census 2011)