# Palanda Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Palanda

Palanda is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **435 people in 98 households**, the 138th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 435people (2011)
- 98households
- 52.6%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palanda

Of every 100 households in Palanda in 2011, 7 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palanda · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****0%**

**20%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****26%**

**39%

Own their home ****85%**

**95%

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 Palanda?

■ Palanda · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.6%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1387**

**954

Working population ****52.6%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 40.6% for women. 54% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 194 (85%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 29 (13%)

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 Sagardighi

- Tantibiral482 people
- Sinheswari473 people
- Kharugram467 people
- Chardighi448 people
- Taspara431 people
- Buzrug Debagram408 people
- Dangapara400 people
- Dhamua373 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palanda?435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palanda in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palanda?52.6% (Census 2011)