# Palasi Village, Kaliganj, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kaliganj, Nadia 

# Palasi

Palasi is a village in Kaliganj sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **19,984 people in 4,347 households**, the 2nd largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 19,984people (2011)
- 4,347households
- 66.3%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palasi

Of every 100 households in Palasi in 2011, 34 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palasi · ■ Kaliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**52%

Tap water ****3%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**61%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****33%**

**26%

Television ****16%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**94%

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 · ■ Kaliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**967

Working population ****28.0%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 63.7% for women. 51% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 709 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 2,716 (48%) · **■** Household industry 85 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,590 (28%) · **■** Marginal 503 (9%)

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 Kaliganj

- Debagram32,695 people
- Bara Chandghar16,713 people
- Jamalpur8,900 people
- Chhota Chandghar8,761 people
- Kaliganj8,575 people

[All 125 villages in Kaliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/kaliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palasi?19,984 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palasi in?Nadia district (Kaliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palasi?66.3% (Census 2011)