Palpur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Palpur is a large village located in Gosaba Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 753 families residing. The Palpur village has population of 3507 of which 1809 are males while 1698 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 422 which makes up 12.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palpur village is 939 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palpur as per census is 910, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palpur village was 77.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palpur Male literacy stands at 85.39 % while female literacy rate was 68.40 %.

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

Palpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	753	-	-
Population	3,507	1,809	1,698
Child (0-6)	422	221	201
Schedule Caste	2,028	1,034	994
Schedule Tribe	843	445	398
Literacy	77.15 %	85.39 %	68.40 %
Total Workers	1,264	1,009	255
Main Worker	516	-	-
Marginal Worker	748	526	222

Caste Factor

In Palpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.83 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 24.04 % of total population in Palpur village.

Work Profile

In Palpur village out of total population, 1264 were engaged in work activities. 40.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1264 workers engaged in Main Work, 231 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 157 were Agricultural labourer.