# Palashi Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Palashi

Palashi is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,191 people in 485 households**, the 21st largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 2,191people (2011)
- 485households
- 65.8%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palashi

Of every 100 households in Palashi in 2011, 56 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palashi · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**66%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**80%

Use banking services ****27%**

**39%

Television ****33%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Palashi?

■ Palashi · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**964

Working population ****46.5%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.4% for men and 57.9% for women. 63% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 126 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 364 (36%) · **■** Other work 155 (15%) · **■** Marginal 373 (37%)

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 Indus

- Indus2,479 people
- Bara Gobindapur2,455 people
- Dibakar Bati2,395 people
- Ausnara2,341 people
- Kushmuri2,127 people
- Amrul2,093 people
- Paharpur2,032 people
- Mirzapur1,997 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palashi?2,191 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palashi in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palashi?65.8% (Census 2011)