Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya
# Palanja Alias Misirdi

Palanja Alias Misirdi is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 474 people in 94 households, the 88th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.
- 474 people (2011)
- 94 households
- 46.9% literacy
- 1,043 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palanja Alias Misirdi

Of every 100 households in Palanja Alias Misirdi in 2011, 55 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palanja Alias Misirdi · ■ Purulia - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 55% 31%
- Toilet within the home 2% 7%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 92%
- Tap water 1% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 41% 84%
- Use banking services 26% 44%
- Television 19% 16%
- Mobile phone 55% 32%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 13% 22%
- Own their home 99% 98%

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

## What is the population of Palanja Alias Misirdi?

■ Palanja Alias Misirdi · ■ Purulia - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 46.9% 64.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1043 943
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1333 934
- Working population 37.6% 41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.7% for men and 32.0% for women. 52% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 47 (26%) · ■ Other work 25 (14%) · ■ Marginal 106 (60%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Purulia - I
- Simulbera 529 people
- Kultanr Alias Nadiara 521 people
- Doldanri 502 people
- Majura 491 people
- Ulidi 427 people
- Satsimuliya 423 people
- Petadi 419 people
- Lusabera 416 people

All 114 villages in Purulia - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Palanja Alias Misirdi? 474 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palanja Alias Misirdi in? Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palanja Alias Misirdi? 46.9% (Census 2011)

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