# Palashi Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Palashi

Palashi is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,747 people in 439 households**, the 18th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 1,747people (2011)
- 439households
- 82.5%literacy
- 1,041females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palashi

Of every 100 households in Palashi in 2011, 40 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palashi · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**95%

Use banking services ****29%**

**50%

Television ****26%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Palashi?

■ Palashi · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1041**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****965**

**988

Working population ****46.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 77.3% for women. 59% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (11%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 162 (20%) · **■** Marginal 488 (61%)

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 Debra

- Chak Lalpur1,990 people
- Pashang1,979 people
- Alisagar1,822 people
- Bahadurpur1,818 people
- Bhawanipur1,700 people
- Dabadari1,646 people
- Chandanpur1,610 people
- Bhangaband1,597 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palashi?1,747 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palashi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palashi?82.5% (Census 2011)