Palladaha

Palladaha
Census Town
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Population (2011)
 • Total 5,994
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration WB
Website north24parganas.nic.in

Palladaha is a census town under Barrackpore I (community development block) (Sub District) in Barrackpore subdivision (also spelled as Barrackpur) in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Palladaha had a population of 5,994; of this, 3,052 are male, 2,942 female.[1] It has an average literacy rate of 77.01%, higher than the national average of 74.04%.

Healthcare

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Primary census abstract data". Census of India. Retrieved 23 February 2014. (For census towns, select "urban" radio button, then select state, district and sub-district. A drop down list of towns well appear. Select the town.)
  2. ↑ "Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study )". Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India. SOES. Retrieved 2007-08-24.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/14/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.