Palashi Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Palashi is a medium size village located in Mangolkote Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 315 families residing. The Palashi village has population of 1320 of which 682 are males while 638 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palashi village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 12.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palashi village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palashi as per census is 1051, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Palashi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palashi village was 71.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palashi Male literacy stands at 78.31 % while female literacy rate was 63.13 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Palashi 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 Palashi village.

Palashi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	315	-	-
Population	1,320	682	638
Child (0-6)	160	78	82
Schedule Caste	600	316	284
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	71.03 %	78.31 %	63.13 %
Total Workers	544	465	79
Main Worker	386	-	-
Marginal Worker	158	97	61

Caste Factor

In Palashi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.45 % of total population in Palashi village. The village Palashi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palashi village out of total population, 544 were engaged in work activities. 70.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 544 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 197 were Agricultural labourer.