# Shwetpalas Village, Raghunathpur - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - II, Puruliya 

# Shwetpalas

Shwetpalas is a village in Raghunathpur - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,090 people in 205 households**, the 34th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 1,090people (2011)
- 205households
- 58.8%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shwetpalas

Of every 100 households in Shwetpalas in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shwetpalas · ■ Raghunathpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**91%

Tap water ****24%**

**46%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**11%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**71%

Use banking services ****62%**

**55%

Television ****2%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shwetpalas?

■ Shwetpalas · ■ Raghunathpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**953

Working population ****42.3%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 41.4% for women. 50% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 85 (18%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 213 (46%) · **■** Marginal 162 (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 Raghunathpur - II

- Dhanuktor1,225 people
- Lalpur1,225 people
- Kulisara1,216 people
- Barhakanali1,103 people
- Ghutitara1,032 people
- Bagmanmi1,014 people
- Dhanara984 people
- Santaldih961 people

[All 106 villages in Raghunathpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shwetpalas?1,090 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shwetpalas in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shwetpalas?58.8% (Census 2011)