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Palsa Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Palsa is a medium size village located in Gangarampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 225 families residing. The Palsa village has population of 1055 of which 535 are males while 520 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 13.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palsa village is 972 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palsa as per census is 795, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palsa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palsa village was 75.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palsa Male literacy stands at 79.43 % while female literacy rate was 71.62 %.

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 225 - -
Population 1,055 535 520
Child (0-6) 140 78 62
Schedule Caste 66 34 32
Schedule Tribe 140 66 74
Literacy 75.52 % 79.43 % 71.62 %
Total Workers 392 303 89
Main Worker 301 - -
Marginal Worker 91 38 53

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 13.27 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.26 % of total population in Palsa village.

Work Profile

In Palsa village out of total population, 392 were engaged in work activities. 76.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 392 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 110 were Agricultural labourer.