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

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Upalda

Upalda is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,061 people in 247 households**, the 55th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,061people (2011)
- 247households
- 94.0%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Upalda

Of every 100 households in Upalda in 2011, 66 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Upalda · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****63%**

**60%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Upalda?

■ Upalda · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.0%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1383**

**942

Working population ****56.0%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.3% for men and 90.7% for women. 65% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (11%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 48 (8%) · **■** Marginal 417 (70%)

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

- Belun1,099 people
- Tentul Muri1,091 people
- Uttar Bar1,069 people
- Santai1,067 people
- Hatmalida1,031 people
- Samsara1,019 people
- Tildaganja994 people
- Cha Hat954 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Upalda?1,061 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Upalda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Upalda?94.0% (Census 2011)