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

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Palashi

Palashi is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **665 people in 127 households**, the 45th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 665people (2011)
- 127households
- 70.3%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palashi

Of every 100 households in Palashi in 2011, 66 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palashi · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**52%

Use banking services ****8%**

**36%

Television ****22%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**937

Working population ****32.6%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 54.1% for women. 57% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 45 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 99 (46%) · **■** Marginal 70 (32%)

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 Mejhia

- Ramlalpur710 people
- Matabel709 people
- Sarama706 people
- Kalikapur666 people
- Moshnekonda633 people
- Nandanpur628 people
- Debagram620 people
- Parulia563 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palashi?665 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palashi in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palashi?70.3% (Census 2011)