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About Palasi Village

Palasi is a small village in Jawar tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 409, made up of 217 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.31 hectares hectares.

Palasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palasi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Jawar
Area (hectares) 237.31 hectares
Population 409
Male Population 217
Female Population 192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palasi compares

By the 2011 count Palasi is the 73rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents. Its 237.31 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 952.

Getting to Palasi

Palasi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Palasi as Available within 10+ 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 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 52 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Bolai, about 30 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 Jawar 14 km
Nearest town Ashta 18 km
Nearest railway station Bolai 30 km
District headquarters Sehore 52 km

Villages closest to Palasi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jawar 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 409. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents.

Palasi village has 217 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palasi has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Palasi covers 237.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palasi falls under Jawar tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palasi is Bolai, about 30 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 km distance for Palasi.

Palasi is about 52 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palasi is in Jawar tehsil of Sehore district. Jawar is about 14 km away. Ashta is about 18 km away. Bolai is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Murawar (2.2 km), Kurawar (3.3 km) and Karman Khedi (3.9 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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