# Palitpara Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Palitpara

Palitpara is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,581 people in 343 households**, the 54th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 1,581people (2011)
- 343households
- 77.5%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palitpara

Of every 100 households in Palitpara in 2011, 64 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Palitpara · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**16%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**51%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**91%

Use banking services ****30%**

**40%

Television ****19%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Palitpara?

■ Palitpara · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1068**

**952

Working population ****35.7%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 75.7% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 80 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 294 (52%) · **■** Marginal 158 (28%)

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 Barasat - II

- Kalikapur1,675 people
- Nababpur1,654 people
- Kola1,636 people
- Mitpukuria1,618 people
- Kamduni1,418 people
- Ghosalpur1,412 people
- Chaugharia1,327 people
- Balipur1,311 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palitpara?1,581 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palitpara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palitpara?77.5% (Census 2011)