Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya
# Palmi

Palmi is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,039 people in 246 households, the 45th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.
- 1,039 people (2011)
- 246 households
- 61.9% literacy
- 990 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palmi

Of every 100 households in Palmi in 2011, 43 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palmi · ■ Manbazar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 43% 28%
- Toilet within the home 8% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 92% 95%
- Tap water 1% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 14% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 5% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 82% 89%
- Use banking services 44% 31%
- Television 19% 10%
- Mobile phone 38% 25%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 32% 29%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Palmi?

■ Palmi · ■ Manbazar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 61.9% 62.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 990 975
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 849 939
- Working population 64.2% 49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 49.2% for women. 66% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 2 (0%) · ■ Farm labourers 231 (35%) · ■ Household industry 8 (1%) · ■ Other work 87 (13%) · ■ Marginal 339 (51%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Manbazar - I
- Asanbani 1,103 people
- Madhupur 1,103 people
- Tukya 1,079 people
- Janra 1,058 people
- Nadiha 1,034 people
- Keshargaria 1,032 people
- Birjidi 1,025 people
- Ramnagar 1,003 people

All 243 villages in Manbazar - I

## Other places named Palmi
- Palmi · Village, Bhandra, Lohardaga · 1,321 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Palmi? 1,039 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palmi in? Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palmi? 61.9% (Census 2011)

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