# Palash Pahari Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Palash Pahari

Palash Pahari is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **242 people in 48 households**, the 80th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 242people (2011)
- 48households
- 42.5%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palash Pahari

Of every 100 households in Palash Pahari in 2011, 15 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palash Pahari · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**67%

Use banking services ****40%**

**52%

Television ****19%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Palash Pahari?

■ Palash Pahari · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.5%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1667**

**973

Working population ****57.0%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.7% for men and 36.3% for women. 66% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 22 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (9%) · **■** Other work 6 (4%) · **■** Marginal 98 (71%)

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 Santuri

- Benagaria332 people
- Kashikunri317 people
- Barhanti267 people
- Muktipur253 people
- Nuhuchibad239 people
- Kalikapur234 people
- Damodarpur220 people
- Dhuluri213 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palash Pahari?242 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palash Pahari in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palash Pahari?42.5% (Census 2011)