Palasi Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Palasi is a medium size village located in Khargram Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 293 families residing. The Palasi village has population of 1225 of which 628 are males while 597 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 11.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasi village is 951 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasi as per census is 1072, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Palasi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasi village was 72.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palasi Male literacy stands at 81.75 % while female literacy rate was 62.33 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Palasi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Palasi village.

Palasi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	293	-	-
Population	1,225	628	597
Child (0-6)	143	69	74
Schedule Caste	982	506	476
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	72.37 %	81.75 %	62.33 %
Total Workers	425	403	22
Main Worker	410	-	-
Marginal Worker	15	10	5

Caste Factor

In Palasi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 80.16 % of total population in Palasi village. The village Palasi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palasi village out of total population, 425 were engaged in work activities. 96.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 425 workers engaged in Main Work, 150 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 187 were Agricultural labourer.