# Palma Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Palma

Palma is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **526 people in 120 households**, the 92nd largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 526people (2011)
- 120households
- 66.1%literacy
- 1,039females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palma

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

■ Palma · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****8%**

**39%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Palma?

■ Palma · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1039**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**946

Working population ****51.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 52.3% for women. 52% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 170 (63%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 19 (7%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Badgaon594 people
- Pardi579 people
- Badgram578 people
- Bagbinda533 people
- Jamlahar506 people
- Panrri480 people
- Latar472 people
- Bandi460 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palma?526 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palma in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palma?66.1% (Census 2011)