# Palua Village, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Palua

Palua is a village in Mohanpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **535 people in 108 households**, the 71st largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 535people (2011)
- 108households
- 93.4%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palua

Of every 100 households in Palua in 2011, 100 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palua · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****24%**

**43%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Palua?

■ Palua · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.4%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**946

Working population ****29.3%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 91.3% for women. 53% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 104 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (22%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 14 (9%)

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 Mohanpur

- Shankapara572 people
- Mukundapur554 people
- Garra548 people
- Mitinia540 people
- Belabarunia525 people
- Kantabani519 people
- Madhabpur503 people
- Karkachia493 people

[All 103 villages in Mohanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/mohanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palua?535 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palua in?Paschim Medinipur district (Mohanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palua?93.4% (Census 2011)