# Palaidanga Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Palaidanga

Palaidanga is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **693 people in 159 households**, the 43rd largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 693people (2011)
- 159households
- 65.9%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palaidanga

Of every 100 households in Palaidanga in 2011, 59 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palaidanga · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**76%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****89%**

**51%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**19%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Palaidanga?

■ Palaidanga · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**973

Working population ****50.8%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 52.6% for women. 62% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 191 (54%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 11 (3%) · **■** Marginal 134 (38%)

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 Sankrail

- Bahadurpur718 people
- Kutisai716 people
- Birdahi706 people
- Chhatri704 people
- Baburbani692 people
- Gobindapur690 people
- Harekrishnapur678 people
- Bidyadharpur675 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palaidanga?693 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palaidanga in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palaidanga?65.9% (Census 2011)