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About Palasi Village

Palasi is a mid sized village in Dahi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,710, made up of 860 males and 850 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 681.27 hectares hectares.

Palasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palasi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Dahi
Area (hectares) 681.27 hectares
Population 1,710
Male Population 860
Female Population 850
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Palasi compares

By the 2011 count Palasi is the 26th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents. Its 681.27 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Palasi

Palasi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Palasi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palasi from other places

Palasi lies about 78 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Jobat, about 22 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 town Kukshi 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Dahi 15 km
Nearest railway station Jobat 22 km
District headquarters Dhar 78 km

Villages closest to Palasi

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

Common questions about Palasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Palasi village had a population of 1,710. That makes it the 26th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents.

Palasi village has 860 males and 850 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palasi has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Palasi covers 681.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palasi falls under Dahi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palasi is Jobat, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Palasi.

Palasi is about 78 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palasi is in Dahi tehsil of Dhar district. Kukshi is about 11 km away. Dahi is about 15 km away. Jobat is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Umarkua (under 2 km), Babali Bujurg (3.1 km) and Digavi (4.4 km).

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

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