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Palasia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Palasia is a medium size village located in Dantan - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 180 families residing. The Palasia village has population of 849 of which 416 are males while 433 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasia village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 14.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasia village is 1041 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasia as per census is 938, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palasia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasia village was 66.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palasia Male literacy stands at 75.57 % while female literacy rate was 57.64 %.

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

Palasia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 180 - -
Population 849 416 433
Child (0-6) 124 64 60
Schedule Caste 273 134 139
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.34 % 75.57 % 57.64 %
Total Workers 273 252 21
Main Worker 110 - -
Marginal Worker 163 149 14

Caste Factor

Palasia village of Paschim Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.16 % of total population in Palasia village. The village Palasia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palasia village out of total population, 273 were engaged in work activities. 40.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 273 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.