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About Palasia Village

Palasia is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 153 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palasia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palasia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Jarmundi
Pincode 814141
Area (hectares) 77 hectares
Population 284
Male Population 153
Female Population 131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palasia compares

By the 2011 count Palasia is the 204th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 77 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 988.

Getting to Palasia

Palasia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palasia as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Nunamati No Ii, Pachordih, Paharidih and Paharpur. 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 Palasia

As per the Census of India 2011, Palasia village had a population of 284. That makes it the 204th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Palasia village has 153 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palasia has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Palasia is 814141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palasia covers 77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palasia falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Palasia notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Palasia is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka 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 Palasia today is likely to be higher.

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