# Palashi Village, Mangolkote, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Mangolkote, Barddhaman 

# Palashi

Palashi is a village in Mangolkote sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,320 people in 315 households**, the 69th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 1,320people (2011)
- 315households
- 71.0%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palashi

Of every 100 households in Palashi in 2011, 45 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palashi · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**26%

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

**3%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**59%

Television ****23%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1051**

**986

Working population ****41.2%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 63.1% for women. 68% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 145 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 197 (36%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 42 (8%) · **■** Marginal 158 (29%)

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 Mangolkote

- Chakulia1,505 people
- Barulia1,494 people
- Chaitanyapur1,463 people
- Masaru1,336 people
- Kharija Kshirgram1,300 people
- Ramnagar1,297 people
- Amdob1,284 people
- Balidanga1,278 people

[All 132 villages in Mangolkote](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/mangolkote/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palashi?1,320 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palashi in?Barddhaman district (Mangolkote sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palashi?71.0% (Census 2011)