# Palanja Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Palanja

Palanja is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,142 people in 590 households**, the 9th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 3,142people (2011)
- 590households
- 62.7%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palanja

Of every 100 households in Palanja in 2011, 36 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palanja · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**84%

Use banking services ****11%**

**41%

Television ****19%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**98%

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 Palanja?

■ Palanja · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**966

Working population ****26.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 50.9% for women. 45% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 509 (61%) · **■** Marginal 290 (35%)

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 Purulia - II

- Dumdumi3,768 people
- Mahara3,367 people
- Malthol3,289 people
- Baghra3,221 people
- Golamara2,954 people
- Bhangra2,824 people
- Chainpur2,785 people
- Belma2,773 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palanja?3,142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palanja in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palanja?62.7% (Census 2011)