Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Palghat

Palghat is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,360 people in 520 households, the 27th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.
- 2,360 people (2011)
- 520 households
- 87.1% literacy
- 902 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palghat

Of every 100 households in Palghat in 2011, 86 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palghat · ■ Sonarpur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 86% 76%
- Toilet within the home 89% 80%
- No toilet (open defecation) 10% 18%
- Tap water 0% 42%
- Drinking water within premises 44% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 14% 17%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 85% 73%
- Use banking services 65% 52%
- Television 63% 57%
- Mobile phone 66% 61%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 11% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 8% 10%
- Own their home 100% 92%

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

## What is the population of Palghat?

■ Palghat · ■ Sonarpur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 87.1% 79.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 902 959
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1105 969
- Working population 38.6% 37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 82.8% for women. 62% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 111 (12%) · ■ Farm labourers 113 (12%) · ■ Household industry 24 (3%) · ■ Other work 512 (56%) · ■ Marginal 150 (16%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Sonarpur
- Hasanpur 2,753 people
- Benebou 2,707 people
- Raghunathpur 2,657 people
- Arapanch 2,451 people
- Gobindapur 2,355 people
- Bamangachhi 2,332 people
- Mukundapur 2,326 people
- Dihi 2,291 people

All 65 villages in Sonarpur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Palghat? 2,360 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palghat in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palghat? 87.1% (Census 2011)

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