# Palgan Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Palgan

Palgan is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **925 people in 179 households**, the 55th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 925people (2011)
- 179households
- 71.1%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palgan

Of every 100 households in Palgan in 2011, 36 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palgan · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****73%**

**41%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**25%

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 Palgan?

■ Palgan · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**68.8%

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

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**954

Working population ****38.1%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 58.7% for women. 52% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (13%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 81 (23%) · **■** Marginal 93 (26%)

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 Hura

- Shyamaluta1,012 people
- Bara Panjania960 people
- Ledadi958 people
- Chitra949 people
- Kurruduba915 people
- Saharjuri911 people
- Tilabani899 people
- Madhabpur892 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palgan?925 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palgan in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palgan?71.1% (Census 2011)