# Palaighata Village, Beldanga - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Beldanga - I, Murshidabad 

# Palaighata

Palaighata is a village in Beldanga - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,430 people in 333 households**, the 45th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 1,430people (2011)
- 333households
- 74.3%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palaighata

Of every 100 households in Palaighata in 2011, 24 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Palaighata · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**46%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****32%**

**21%

Television ****17%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**29%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Palaighata?

■ Palaighata · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

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

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1288**

**974

Working population ****37.0%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 70.5% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (25%) · **■** Household industry 41 (8%) · **■** Other work 168 (32%) · **■** Marginal 96 (18%)

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 Beldanga - I

- Srikrishnapur1,588 people
- Sattarpur1,581 people
- Meliani1,567 people
- Chaitanyapur1,549 people
- Binkar1,293 people
- Jafrabad1,051 people
- Halalpur997 people
- Arazi Giridharipur932 people

[All 65 villages in Beldanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/beldanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palaighata?1,430 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palaighata in?Murshidabad district (Beldanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palaighata?74.3% (Census 2011)