# Palaskura Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Palaskura

Palaskura is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **877 people in 160 households**, the 73rd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 877people (2011)
- 160households
- 67.2%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palaskura

Of every 100 households in Palaskura in 2011, 12 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palaskura · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**26%

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

**6%

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

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**79%

Use banking services ****63%**

**47%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**20%

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 Palaskura?

■ Palaskura · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****676**

**968

Working population ****51.2%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 49.3% for women. 53% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 124 (28%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 100 (22%) · **■** Marginal 166 (37%)

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 Para

- Udaypur933 people
- Malanchadi917 people
- Churmi899 people
- Layara891 people
- Chalania871 people
- Chaukunya868 people
- Kashiberia861 people
- Dhadkidi854 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palaskura?877 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palaskura in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palaskura?67.2% (Census 2011)