# Palanja Village, Jaipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaipur, Puruliya 

# Palanja

Palanja is a village in Jaipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,345 people in 424 households**, the 10th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 2,345people (2011)
- 424households
- 59.8%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palanja

Of every 100 households in Palanja in 2011, 40 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palanja · ■ Jaipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****66%**

**49%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Palanja?

■ Palanja · ■ Jaipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**937

Working population ****42.6%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 42.6% for women. 56% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (16%) · **■** Household industry 66 (7%) · **■** Other work 131 (13%) · **■** Marginal 538 (54%)

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 Jaipur

- Upar Kahan2,960 people
- Dambera2,846 people
- Baragram2,811 people
- Damru2,648 people
- Bali2,210 people
- Hetkahan2,157 people
- Mukundpur2,076 people
- Hoangda2,074 people

[All 112 villages in Jaipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jaipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palanja?2,345 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palanja in?Puruliya district (Jaipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palanja?59.8% (Census 2011)