# Paltagar Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Paltagar

Paltagar is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,383 people in 244 households**, the 53rd largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,383people (2011)
- 244households
- 73.4%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paltagar

Of every 100 households in Paltagar in 2011, 90 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Paltagar · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**56%

Tap water ****77%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**58%

Television ****23%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Paltagar?

■ Paltagar · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**960

Working population ****56.0%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 65.7% for women. 67% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 317 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (9%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 25 (3%) · **■** Marginal 358 (46%)

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 Keshpur

- Pipurda1,418 people
- Beldoba1,417 people
- Teghari1,393 people
- Gargaj Pota1,392 people
- Kanchan Tala1,371 people
- Kuchiara1,371 people
- Kapta Bankati1,312 people
- Bhagirath Bar1,307 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paltagar?1,383 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paltagar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paltagar?73.4% (Census 2011)