Village · Uluberia - I, Haora
# Palpara

Palpara is a village in Uluberia - I sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,465 people in 363 households, the 49th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.2%.
- 1,465 people (2011)
- 363 households
- 76.0% literacy
- 910 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palpara

Of every 100 households in Palpara in 2011, 44 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palpara · ■ Uluberia - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 44% 58%
- Toilet within the home 42% 50%
- No toilet (open defecation) 58% 46%
- Tap water 0% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 5%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 93% 83%
- Use banking services 54% 31%
- Television 27% 28%
- Mobile phone 46% 45%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 9% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 33% 29%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Palpara?

■ Palpara · ■ Uluberia - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 76.0% 78.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 910 961
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 811 957
- Working population 37.5% 36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 69.3% for women. 63% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 15 (3%) · ■ Farm labourers 154 (28%) · ■ Household industry 41 (7%) · ■ Other work 83 (15%) · ■ Marginal 256 (47%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Uluberia - I
- Kashyappur 1,961 people
- Gharsalap 1,749 people
- Mongrajpur 1,711 people
- Baggachha 1,579 people
- Tildari 1,450 people
- Amtala 1,441 people
- Birsibpur 1,417 people
- Uttar Ramchandrapur 1,402 people

All 66 villages in Uluberia - I

## Other places named Palpara
- Palpara · Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur · 7,007 people
- Palpara · Village, Mangolkote, Barddhaman · 1,697 people
- Palpara · Village, Bamangola, Maldah · 238 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Palpara? 1,465 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palpara in? Haora district (Uluberia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palpara? 76.0% (Census 2011)

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