# Palasi Village, Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Palasi

Palasi is a village in Dantan - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,463 people in 945 households**, the 5th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 4,463people (2011)
- 945households
- 81.9%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palasi

Of every 100 households in Palasi in 2011, 35 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palasi · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**17%

Tap water ****61%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****58%**

**60%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**953

Working population ****41.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 73.8% for women. 61% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 162 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 129 (7%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 136 (7%) · **■** Marginal 1,399 (76%)

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 Dantan - II

- Sabra16,280 people
- Khandrui6,014 people
- Turkakashba5,608 people
- Brahman Khalisa4,510 people
- Purulda3,586 people
- Jankapur3,418 people
- Kurul2,827 people
- Sauri Urf.Kotbar2,774 people

[All 128 villages in Dantan - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palasi?4,463 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palasi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palasi?81.9% (Census 2011)