# Palsa Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Palsa

Palsa is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,084 people in 435 households**, the 39th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 2,084people (2011)
- 435households
- 80.9%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palsa

Of every 100 households in Palsa in 2011, 38 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palsa · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****34%**

**58%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Palsa?

■ Palsa · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**965

Working population ****30.5%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 75.2% for women. 57% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 212 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 310 (49%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (5%) · **■** Marginal 77 (12%)

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 Nabagram

- Ikrol2,301 people
- Itor2,283 people
- Anantapur2,227 people
- Kanfala2,109 people
- Milki Palasi2,022 people
- Raghupur1,991 people
- Fakirpur1,980 people
- Garra1,938 people

[All 118 villages in Nabagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nabagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palsa?2,084 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palsa in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palsa?80.9% (Census 2011)