# Palashia Village, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Palashia

Palashia is a village in Mohanpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **930 people in 202 households**, the 46th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 930people (2011)
- 202households
- 76.3%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palashia

Of every 100 households in Palashia in 2011, 37 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Palashia · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****13%**

**43%

Television ****6%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Palashia?

■ Palashia · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**946

Working population ****41.9%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 68.8% for women. 54% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 137 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (25%) · **■** Other work 37 (9%) · **■** Marginal 120 (31%)

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 Mohanpur

- Mayurkhola974 people
- Kunarda967 people
- Bangjhatia957 people
- Bikpura941 people
- Chaita915 people
- Jamua880 people
- Mathuribar874 people
- Akhpura838 people

[All 103 villages in Mohanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/mohanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palashia?930 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palashia in?Paschim Medinipur district (Mohanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palashia?76.3% (Census 2011)