# Palsa Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Palsa

Palsa is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,769 people in 770 households**, the 21st largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 3,769people (2011)
- 770households
- 54.4%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palsa

Of every 100 households in Palsa in 2011, 27 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palsa · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**78%

Tap water ****8%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****24%**

**19%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Palsa?

■ Palsa · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.4%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1073**

**943

Working population ****37.1%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.8% for men and 47.7% for women. 51% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 169 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 427 (31%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 199 (14%) · **■** Marginal 597 (43%)

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 Karandighi

- Dulepur4,273 people
- Rautara4,260 people
- Machhali3,810 people
- Dighalgaon3,780 people
- Dakshin Betauna3,730 people
- Burihan3,670 people
- Nakol3,669 people
- Bhikhanpur3,568 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palsa?3,769 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palsa in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palsa?54.4% (Census 2011)