# Palashban Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Palashban

Palashban is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,268 people in 297 households**, the 44th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 1,268people (2011)
- 297households
- 69.4%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palashban

Of every 100 households in Palashban in 2011, 55 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palashban · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**14%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**77%

Use banking services ****41%**

**51%

Television ****26%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

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 Palashban?

■ Palashban · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**980

Working population ****41.8%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 55.4% for women. 64% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 35 (7%) · **■** Marginal 372 (70%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Renguni1,347 people
- Sagar1,309 people
- Barasalunchi1,306 people
- Mangalpur1,289 people
- Khoshbaspur1,261 people
- Panditpur1,221 people
- Kamalpur1,205 people
- Metegram1,203 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palashban?1,268 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palashban in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palashban?69.4% (Census 2011)