# Palaibari Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Palaibari

Palaibari is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,706 people in 619 households**, the 15th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 2,706people (2011)
- 619households
- 64.9%literacy
- 1,001females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palaibari

Of every 100 households in Palaibari in 2011, 12 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Palaibari · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**20%

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 Palaibari?

■ Palaibari · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1001**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**969

Working population ****40.3%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.6% for men and 58.2% for women. 57% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 355 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 362 (33%) · **■** Household industry 162 (15%) · **■** Other work 78 (7%) · **■** Marginal 134 (12%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Dalimgaon3,173 people
- Fatepur3,161 people
- Tungail Bilpara3,094 people
- Bhandar3,078 people
- Mahinagar2,655 people
- Dhankail2,603 people
- Madhabpur2,477 people
- Ratan2,402 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palaibari?2,706 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palaibari in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palaibari?64.9% (Census 2011)