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Palpara Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Palpara is a medium size village located in Mangolkote Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 405 families residing. The Palpara village has population of 1697 of which 868 are males while 829 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 11.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palpara village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palpara as per census is 1021, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Palpara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palpara village was 64.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palpara Male literacy stands at 73.28 % while female literacy rate was 54.79 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Palpara village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Palpara village.

Palpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 405 - -
Population 1,697 868 829
Child (0-6) 196 97 99
Schedule Caste 600 296 304
Schedule Tribe 488 248 240
Literacy 64.29 % 73.28 % 54.79 %
Total Workers 679 543 136
Main Worker 445 - -
Marginal Worker 234 196 38

Caste Factor

In Palpara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.36 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 28.76 % of total population in Palpara village.

Work Profile

In Palpara village out of total population, 679 were engaged in work activities. 65.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 679 workers engaged in Main Work, 107 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 254 were Agricultural labourer.