# Palpara Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Palpara

Palpara is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,007 people in 1,740 households**, the 1st largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 7,007people (2011)
- 1,740households
- 83.9%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palpara

Of every 100 households in Palpara in 2011, 13 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palpara · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****32%**

**46%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****46%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Palpara?

■ Palpara · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**932

Working population ****37.7%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 78.3% for women. 57% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 433 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 385 (15%) · **■** Household industry 81 (3%) · **■** Other work 519 (20%) · **■** Marginal 1,225 (46%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Gokulpur5,967 people
- Selmabad5,266 people
- Taladiha4,599 people
- Gopalpur4,405 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palpara?7,007 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palpara in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palpara?83.9% (Census 2011)