# Palpur Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Palpur

Palpur is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,507 people in 753 households**, the 37th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 3,507people (2011)
- 753households
- 77.1%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palpur

Of every 100 households in Palpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Palpur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****47%**

**35%

Television ****11%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****47%**

**51%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Palpur?

■ Palpur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**981

Working population ****36.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 68.4% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 231 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (12%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 113 (9%) · **■** Marginal 748 (59%)

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 Gosaba

- Biprodaspur3,799 people
- Hamilton Abad3,761 people
- Uttar Danga3,673 people
- Rangabalia3,620 people
- Bagbagan3,467 people
- Sonagar3,391 people
- Battali3,369 people
- Tentultala3,280 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palpur?3,507 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palpur?77.1% (Census 2011)