# Palashbumi Village, Khoyrasol, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Khoyrasol, Birbhum 

# Palashbumi

Palashbumi is a village in Khoyrasol sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,201 people in 261 households**, the 44th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 1,201people (2011)
- 261households
- 72.8%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palashbumi

Of every 100 households in Palashbumi in 2011, 24 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palashbumi · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**46%

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

**14%

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

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**51%

Use banking services ****64%**

**52%

Television ****10%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Palashbumi?

■ Palashbumi · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1108**

**935

Working population ****31.4%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 61.8% for women. 60% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 69 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (35%) · **■** Other work 22 (6%) · **■** Marginal 155 (41%)

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 Khoyrasol

- Paschim Barkola1,220 people
- Purbba Shibpur1,213 people
- Sira1,209 people
- Sagarbhanga1,203 people
- Churar1,194 people
- Tamra1,190 people
- Krishnapur1,188 people
- Narayanpur1,134 people

[All 170 villages in Khoyrasol](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/khoyrasol/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palashbumi?1,201 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palashbumi in?Birbhum district (Khoyrasol sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palashbumi?72.8% (Census 2011)