# Palasi Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Palasi

Palasi is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,225 people in 293 households**, the 82nd largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,225people (2011)
- 293households
- 72.4%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palasi

Of every 100 households in Palasi in 2011, 20 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palasi · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****4%**

**27%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****66%**

**53%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1072**

**960

Working population ****34.7%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 62.3% for women. 64% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 150 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (44%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 63 (15%) · **■** Marginal 15 (4%)

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 Khargram

- Kandra1,258 people
- Churigram1,238 people
- Sundarpur1,235 people
- Nonadanga1,225 people
- Jethya1,204 people
- Hazipur1,191 people
- Samandi1,174 people
- Sripur1,125 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palasi?1,225 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palasi in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palasi?72.4% (Census 2011)