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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Palihar

Palihar is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,491 people in 742 households**, the 8th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 3,491people (2011)
- 742households
- 58.6%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palihar

Of every 100 households in Palihar in 2011, 16 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palihar · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****15%**

**34%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**20%

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 Palihar?

■ Palihar · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.6%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**969

Working population ****48.1%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 50.4% for women. 56% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 420 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 323 (19%) · **■** Household industry 41 (2%) · **■** Other work 210 (12%) · **■** Marginal 686 (41%)

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

- Tarangapur3,956 people
- Raghunathpur3,874 people
- Mustafanagar3,865 people
- Sergram3,758 people
- Deogaon3,278 people
- Baghan3,204 people
- Dalimgaon3,173 people
- Fatepur3,161 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palihar?3,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palihar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palihar?58.6% (Census 2011)