# Palashbani Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Palashbani

Palashbani is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **513 people in 109 households**, the 59th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 513people (2011)
- 109households
- 74.7%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palashbani

Of every 100 households in Palashbani in 2011, 35 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palashbani · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****61%**

**50%

Television ****1%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Palashbani?

■ Palashbani · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****763**

**969

Working population ****57.9%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 59.9% for women. 57% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (12%) · **■** Other work 56 (19%) · **■** Marginal 194 (65%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Hirbandh

- Naria549 people
- Kundurka531 people
- Bauridihi529 people
- Nowadihi516 people
- Bhedua510 people
- Jadurbankata503 people
- Kadia488 people
- Dharampur486 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palashbani?513 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palashbani in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palashbani?74.7% (Census 2011)