# Palpal Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Palpal

Palpal is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,511 people in 986 households**, the 4th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 5,511people (2011)
- 986households
- 48.3%literacy
- 1,043females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palpal

Of every 100 households in Palpal in 2011, 10 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palpal · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****57%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Palpal?

■ Palpal · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.3%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1043**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**987

Working population ****47.8%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.9% for men and 34.5% for women. 53% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 418 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 226 (9%) · **■** Household industry 62 (2%) · **■** Other work 373 (14%) · **■** Marginal 1,557 (59%)

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 Arsha

- Sirkabad6,288 people
- Arsha5,958 people
- Satra5,857 people
- Hesla4,574 people
- Chatuhansa4,388 people
- Rangamati4,365 people
- Puara3,900 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palpal?5,511 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palpal in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palpal?48.3% (Census 2011)