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Palsa Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Palsa is a medium size village located in Illambazar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 83 families residing. The Palsa village has population of 349 of which 190 are males while 159 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 13.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palsa village is 837 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palsa as per census is 600, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palsa village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palsa village was 81.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palsa Male literacy stands at 86.25 % while female literacy rate was 75.18 %.

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 83 - -
Population 349 190 159
Child (0-6) 48 30 18
Schedule Caste 129 69 60
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.06 % 86.25 % 75.18 %
Total Workers 98 93 5
Main Worker 93 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

In Palsa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.96 % 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, 98 were engaged in work activities. 94.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 98 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.