# Palashkanda Village, Salbani, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Salbani, Paschim Medinipur 

# Palashkanda

Palashkanda is a village in Salbani sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **48 people in 9 households**, the 377th largest of 411 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 48people (2011)
- 9households
- 90.9%literacy
- 1,087females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palashkanda

Of every 100 households in Palashkanda in 2011, 89 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palashkanda · ■ Salbani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**16%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****100%**

**52%

Television ****0%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****78%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Palashkanda?

■ Palashkanda · ■ Salbani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1087**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**991

Working population ****27.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 82.6% for women. 52% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 10 (77%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (15%) · **■** Other work 1 (8%)

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 Salbani

- Kharkharisol57 people
- Tyangrasol54 people
- Tildangari52 people
- Berua50 people
- Pirakata48 people
- Damanjuri47 people
- Dubrusol47 people
- Dubrajpur44 people

[All 528 villages in Salbani](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/salbani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palashkanda?48 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palashkanda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Salbani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palashkanda?90.9% (Census 2011)