# Palsanda Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Palsanda

Palsanda is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,541 people in 561 households**, the 29th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 2,541people (2011)
- 561households
- 78.3%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palsanda

Of every 100 households in Palsanda in 2011, 70 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Palsanda · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**95%

Use banking services ****79%**

**58%

Television ****48%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Palsanda?

■ Palsanda · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**965

Working population ****33.6%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 73.4% for women. 55% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 176 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 197 (23%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 372 (44%) · **■** Marginal 91 (11%)

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

- Mukundapur2,820 people
- Pundi2,810 people
- Rainda2,700 people
- Korgram2,689 people
- Bagor2,540 people
- Mobarakpur2,469 people
- Maminabad2,423 people
- Amarkunda2,408 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palsanda?2,541 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palsanda in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palsanda?78.3% (Census 2011)