# Palsa Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Palsa

Palsa is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,055 people in 225 households**, the 75th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,055people (2011)
- 225households
- 75.5%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palsa

Of every 100 households in Palsa in 2011, 54 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palsa · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**70%

Tap water ****9%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**32%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****64%**

**27%

Television ****23%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Palsa?

■ Palsa · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****795**

**936

Working population ****37.2%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 71.6% for women. 57% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (28%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 82 (21%) · **■** Marginal 91 (23%)

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 Gangarampur

- Banihari1,104 people
- Hariharpur1,093 people
- Mahipur1,089 people
- Raypur1,064 people
- Kasba1,009 people
- Bholanathpur999 people
- Nagan998 people
- Takipur998 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palsa?1,055 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palsa in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palsa?75.5% (Census 2011)