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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Palma

Palma is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,925 people in 325 households**, the 23rd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,925people (2011)
- 325households
- 63.5%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palma

Of every 100 households in Palma in 2011, 44 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Palma · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**92%

Tap water ****22%**

**5%

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

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****32%**

**34%

Television ****17%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1181**

**969

Working population ****43.2%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 53.4% for women. 56% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 62 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 264 (32%) · **■** Other work 23 (3%) · **■** Marginal 483 (58%)

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 Puncha

- Konapara1,990 people
- Gopalpur1,977 people
- Punura1,968 people
- Dhadki1,944 people
- Laharia1,883 people
- Panrui1,855 people
- Kanara1,836 people
- Maheshpur1,821 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palma?1,925 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palma in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palma?63.5% (Census 2011)