# Palasi Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Palasi

Palasi is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,618 people in 858 households**, the 14th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 3,618people (2011)
- 858households
- 78.4%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palasi

Of every 100 households in Palasi in 2011, 57 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Palasi · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**48%

Tap water ****26%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**10%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****41%**

**58%

Television ****37%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Palasi?

■ Palasi · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**962

Working population ****42.6%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 72.6% for women. 65% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 467 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 690 (45%) · **■** Household industry 52 (3%) · **■** Other work 259 (17%) · **■** Marginal 75 (5%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Paschim Gopinathpur3,825 people
- Dhaniakhali3,738 people
- Mreja Nagar3,729 people
- Rajipur3,659 people
- Bishnupur3,361 people
- Chautara3,353 people
- Gangeshnagar3,333 people
- Kumrul3,324 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palasi?3,618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palasi in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palasi?78.4% (Census 2011)