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

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Palma

Palma is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **865 people in 193 households**, the 62nd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 865people (2011)
- 193households
- 72.4%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palma

Of every 100 households in Palma in 2011, 24 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Palma · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****12%**

**75%

Use banking services ****15%**

**41%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Palma?

■ Palma · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**68.8%

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

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1015**

**954

Working population ****37.9%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 58.2% for women. 51% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (11%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 81 (25%) · **■** Marginal 131 (40%)

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

- Tilabani899 people
- Madhabpur892 people
- Kharpora883 people
- Rangamatya883 people
- Hulung843 people
- Nimdiha825 people
- Sarchakalta809 people
- Raisa766 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palma?865 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palma in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palma?72.4% (Census 2011)