# Palitpur Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Palitpur

Palitpur is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **445 people in 107 households**, the 64th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 445people (2011)
- 107households
- 74.3%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palitpur

Of every 100 households in Palitpur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palitpur · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**9%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**25%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****74%**

**58%

Own their home ****97%**

**93%

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 Palitpur?

■ Palitpur · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**964

Working population ****37.5%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 66.3% for women. 57% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (90%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Murarai - II

- Bagishpur940 people
- Mahammadpur937 people
- Goalkunda876 people
- Goalgram568 people
- Majhara424 people
- Amritapur372 people

[All 71 villages in Murarai - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palitpur?445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palitpur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palitpur?74.3% (Census 2011)