# Palasi Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Palasi

Palasi is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **585 people in 135 households**, the 104th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 585people (2011)
- 135households
- 72.3%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palasi

Of every 100 households in Palasi in 2011, 84 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Palasi · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****20%**

**32%

Television ****11%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**968

Working population ****47.2%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 64.0% for women. 66% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 181 (66%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 35 (13%) · **■** Marginal 11 (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 Midnapore

- Palashbani605 people
- Gobindanagar596 people
- Baylasol592 people
- Bansol588 people
- Tasarara584 people
- Berya579 people
- Shankadanga576 people
- Bargourangh569 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palasi?585 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palasi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palasi?72.3% (Census 2011)