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About Palasi Village

Palasi is a mid sized village in Narsinghgarh tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 565, made up of 302 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.76 hectares hectares.

Palasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palasi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Narsinghgarh
Area (hectares) 309.76 hectares
Population 565
Male Population 302
Female Population 263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
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 Palasi compares

By the 2011 count Palasi is the 140th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 989 residents. Its 309.76 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

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 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palasi from other places

Palasi lies about 39 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Karanwas, about 19 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
Tehsil headquarters Narsinghgarh 12 km
Nearest railway station Karanwas 19 km
District headquarters Rajgarh 39 km

Villages closest to Palasi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narsinghgarh 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 565. That makes it the 140th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 989 residents.

Palasi village has 302 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palasi has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Palasi covers 309.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palasi falls under Narsinghgarh tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palasi is Karanwas, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Palasi.

Palasi is about 39 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palasi is in Narsinghgarh tehsil of Rajgarh district. Narsinghgarh is about 12 km away. Karanwas is about 19 km away. Rajgarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banjari (under 2 km), Pipliya Dhakad (under 2 km) and Kalyadeh (1.7 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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