About Palasi Village

Palasi is a mid sized village in Barsoi tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,709, made up of 922 males and 787 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.87 hectares hectares.

Palasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palasi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Barsoi
Area (hectares)	90.87 hectares
Population	1,709
Male Population	922
Female Population	787
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palasi compares

By the 2011 count Palasi is the 65th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,568 residents. Its 90.87 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Palasi

Palasi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palasi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palasi from other places

Palasi lies about 19 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Rautara, about 9.4 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Palasi
Nearest railway station	Rautara	9.4 km
Nearest town	Purnia	16 km
District headquarters	Katihar	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barsoi	33 km

Villages closest to Palasi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barsoi tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Palasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Palasi village had a population of 1,709. That makes it the 65th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,568 residents.

Palasi village has 922 males and 787 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palasi has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Palasi covers 90.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Palasi falls under Barsoi tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Palasi is Rautara, about 9.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Palasi.

Palasi is about 19 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palasi is in Barsoi tehsil of Katihar district. Rautara is about 9.4 km away. Purnia is about 16 km away. Katihar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.