# Palsa Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Palsa

Palsa is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,239 people in 248 households**, the 87th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,239people (2011)
- 248households
- 93.2%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palsa

Of every 100 households in Palsa in 2011, 95 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palsa · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**63%

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

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****71%**

**36%

Television ****27%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Palsa?

■ Palsa · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.2%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1270**

**949

Working population ****35.8%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 89.6% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (7%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 264 (59%) · **■** Marginal 59 (13%)

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 Panskura

- Dokanda1,267 people
- Jagannath Chak1,262 people
- Purbba Shuktia1,244 people
- Jardai1,241 people
- Ratulia Dalbar1,228 people
- Harashankarpur1,198 people
- Uttar Chanchiara1,197 people
- Sahalajpur1,194 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palsa?1,239 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palsa in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palsa?93.2% (Census 2011)