# Palaskola Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Palaskola

Palaskola is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,119 people in 790 households**, the 1st largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 4,119people (2011)
- 790households
- 80.1%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palaskola

Of every 100 households in Palaskola in 2011, 62 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Palaskola · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**91%

Tap water ****42%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****29%**

**84%

Use banking services ****58%**

**50%

Television ****50%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**21%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Palaskola?

■ Palaskola · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**937

Working population ****33.7%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 70.2% for women. 53% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (2%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 965 (70%) · **■** Marginal 327 (24%)

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 Kashipur

- Sutabai3,507 people
- Beko3,149 people
- Manihara3,104 people
- Lara2,774 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palaskola?4,119 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palaskola in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palaskola?80.1% (Census 2011)