# Palla Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Palla

Palla is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,058 people in 1,231 households**, the 13th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 5,058people (2011)
- 1,231households
- 88.1%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palla

Of every 100 households in Palla in 2011, 72 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Palla · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**19%

Tap water ****19%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**92%

Use banking services ****62%**

**38%

Television ****40%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Palla?

■ Palla · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.1%**

**79.7%

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

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****891**

**962

Working population ****34.1%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 83.4% for women. 58% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 301 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 488 (28%) · **■** Household industry 63 (4%) · **■** Other work 634 (37%) · **■** Marginal 238 (14%)

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 Bongaon

- Paikpara6,397 people
- Bangangram6,144 people
- Manigram5,306 people
- Panchita5,148 people
- Krishnachandrapur4,901 people
- Kundipur4,760 people
- Boaldaha4,552 people
- Arsingri4,511 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palla?5,058 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palla in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palla?88.1% (Census 2011)