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

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Palma

Palma is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,900 people in 732 households**, the 5th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 3,900people (2011)
- 732households
- 59.2%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palma

Of every 100 households in Palma in 2011, 26 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palma · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**79%

Use banking services ****92%**

**47%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**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 Palma?

■ Palma · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1039**

**968

Working population ****39.4%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 44.6% for women. 56% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 215 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (8%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 310 (20%) · **■** Marginal 873 (57%)

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

- Para9,697 people
- Anara5,517 people
- Jorberya5,030 people
- Phusrabaid4,205 people
- Sarulya3,505 people
- Lipanya3,503 people
- Bhagaband3,433 people
- Asurbandh3,357 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palma?3,900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palma in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palma?59.2% (Census 2011)