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Palsa Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Palsa is a large village located in Murarai - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 1144 families residing. The Palsa village has population of 5417 of which 2762 are males while 2655 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 850 which makes up 15.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palsa village is 961 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palsa as per census is 1099, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Palsa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palsa village was 58.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palsa Male literacy stands at 64.23 % while female literacy rate was 52.17 %.

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

Palsa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,144 - -
Population 5,417 2,762 2,655
Child (0-6) 850 405 445
Schedule Caste 450 236 214
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.40 % 64.23 % 52.17 %
Total Workers 1,815 1,500 315
Main Worker 1,204 - -
Marginal Worker 611 423 188

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.31 % of total population in Palsa village. The village Palsa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palsa village out of total population, 1815 were engaged in work activities. 66.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1815 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 759 were Agricultural labourer.