# Palsunda Village, Tehatta - II, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Tehatta - II, Nadia 

# Palsunda

Palsunda is a village in Tehatta - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **11,791 people in 2,818 households**, the 2nd largest of 32 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.5%.

- 11,791people (2011)
- 2,818households
- 71.4%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palsunda

Of every 100 households in Palsunda in 2011, 36 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Palsunda · ■ Tehatta - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**23%

Tap water ****10%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**70%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****18%**

**25%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**26%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Palsunda?

■ Palsunda · ■ Tehatta - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**68.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1016**

**993

Working population ****28.1%**

**30.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 70.0% for women. 52% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 814 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,223 (37%) · **■** Household industry 66 (2%) · **■** Other work 611 (18%) · **■** Marginal 597 (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 Tehatta - II

- Barnia16,350 people
- Palashipara10,693 people
- Panchdara Abhaynagar9,803 people
- Gopinathpur8,910 people
- Baruipara8,077 people

[All 35 villages in Tehatta - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/tehatta-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palsunda?11,791 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palsunda in?Nadia district (Tehatta - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palsunda?71.4% (Census 2011)