Village · Barabazar, Puruliya
# Palma

Palma is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 746 people in 127 households, the 92nd largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.
- 746 people (2011)
- 127 households
- 68.5% literacy
- 979 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palma

Of every 100 households in Palma in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palma · ■ Barabazar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 22%
- Toilet within the home 0% 3%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 96%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 5%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 85%
- Use banking services 16% 41%
- Television 3% 7%
- Mobile phone 34% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 16% 18%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Palma?

■ Palma · ■ Barabazar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 68.5% 62.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 979 978
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 851 957
- Working population 61.4% 50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 48.7% for women. 59% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 91 (20%) · ■ Farm labourers 75 (16%) · ■ Household industry 5 (1%) · ■ Other work 43 (9%) · ■ Marginal 244 (53%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Barabazar
- Gobindapur 774 people
- Tasarbanki 774 people
- Shamrola 758 people
- Bhagabandh 749 people
- Hullung 723 people
- Rangamatia 709 people
- Badaldih 706 people
- Karmabera 694 people

All 215 villages in Barabazar

## Other places named Palma
- Palma · Village, Para, Puruliya · 3,900 people
- Palma · Village, Puncha, Puruliya · 1,925 people
- Palma · Village, Sarath, Deoghar · 1,590 people
- Palma · Village, Bhaiyathan, Surguja · 1,533 people
- Palma · Village, Pirtanr, Giridih · 1,236 people
- Palma · Village, Itki, Ranchi · 908 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Palma? 746 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palma in? Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palma? 68.5% (Census 2011)

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