Palangpur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Palangpur is a medium size village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 149 families residing. The Palangpur village has population of 832 of which 446 are males while 386 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palangpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 12.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palangpur village is 865 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palangpur as per census is 926, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palangpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palangpur village was 87.64 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palangpur Male literacy stands at 95.66 % while female literacy rate was 78.27 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Palangpur 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 Palangpur village.

Palangpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	149	-	-
Population	832	446	386
Child (0-6)	104	54	50
Schedule Caste	623	331	292
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.64 %	95.66 %	78.27 %
Total Workers	469	273	196
Main Worker	435	-	-
Marginal Worker	34	14	20

Caste Factor

In Palangpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 74.88 % of total population in Palangpur village. The village Palangpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palangpur village out of total population, 469 were engaged in work activities. 92.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 469 workers engaged in Main Work, 385 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.