# Palta Village, Baduria – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Palta

Palta is a village in Baduria sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,093 people in 773 households**, the 38th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 3,093people (2011)
- 773households
- 86.4%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palta

Of every 100 households in Palta in 2011, 45 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Palta · ■ Baduria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**16%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****45%**

**57%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**24%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Palta?

■ Palta · ■ Baduria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.4%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****834**

**960

Working population ****36.6%**

**38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 81.7% for women. 64% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 210 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 268 (24%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 413 (37%) · **■** Marginal 224 (20%)

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 Baduria

- Rajbaria3,448 people
- Bajitpur3,399 people
- Ishwarigachha3,137 people
- Jadurhati3,106 people
- Rajapur3,062 people
- Uttar Chatra3,026 people
- Mamudpur3,024 people
- Masia2,971 people

[All 96 villages in Baduria](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/baduria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palta?3,093 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palta in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Baduria sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palta?86.4% (Census 2011)