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About Palashkandi Village

Palashkandi is a small village in Bhowraguri tehsil, in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 199, made up of 108 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.77 hectares hectares.

Palashkandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palashkandi village
Description Value
State Assam
District Kokrajhar
Tehsil Bhowraguri
Area (hectares) 73.77 hectares
Population 199
Male Population 108
Female Population 91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 843
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palashkandi compares

By the 2011 count Palashkandi is the 77th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 73.77 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Palashkandi

Palashkandi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Palashkandi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Mokrambil, Mowamari, Musalmanpara and Nutunpara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Palashkandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Palashkandi village had a population of 199. That makes it the 77th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Palashkandi village has 108 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palashkandi has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Palashkandi covers 73.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palashkandi falls under Bhowraguri tehsil of Kokrajhar district in Assam.

The census record for Palashkandi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Palashkandi.

Palashkandi is in Bhowraguri tehsil of Kokrajhar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Palashkandi today is likely to be higher.

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