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Palpara Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Palpara is a medium size village located in Bamangola Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 60 families residing. The Palpara village has population of 238 of which 123 are males while 115 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 8.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palpara village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palpara as per census is 1857, 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 66.97 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palpara Male literacy stands at 78.45 % while female literacy rate was 53.92 %.

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 60 - -
Population 238 123 115
Child (0-6) 20 7 13
Schedule Caste 229 119 110
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.97 % 78.45 % 53.92 %
Total Workers 153 81 72
Main Worker 75 - -
Marginal Worker 78 9 69

Caste Factor

In Palpara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 96.22 % of total population in Palpara village. The village Palpara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palpara village out of total population, 153 were engaged in work activities. 49.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 153 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.