# Palgere Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Palgere

Palgere is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **720 people in 141 households**, the 88th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 720people (2011)
- 141households
- 86.8%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palgere

Of every 100 households in Palgere in 2011, 97 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Palgere · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**32%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****20%**

**60%

Television ****39%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**0%

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

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Palgere?

■ Palgere · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****683**

**942

Working population ****55.1%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 79.9% for women. 57% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 68 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 232 (58%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 34 (9%) · **■** Marginal 57 (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 Pingla

- Paschim Kshirai744 people
- Tulsi Chak741 people
- Moglani Chak726 people
- Nanda Bar722 people
- Gauranga Chak714 people
- Brahmanipur708 people
- Jasorajpur706 people
- Basudebpur701 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palgere?720 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palgere in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palgere?86.8% (Census 2011)