About Palashi Village

Palashi is a large village in Khanapur tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,402, made up of 1,195 males and 1,207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1662.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palashi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palashi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Tehsil	Khanapur
Pincode	415311
Area (hectares)	1662.76 hectares
Population	2,402
Male Population	1,195
Female Population	1,207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palashi compares

By the 2011 count Palashi is the 14th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents. Its 1662.76 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1052.

Getting to Palashi

Palashi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palashi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Palashi from other places

Palashi lies about 49 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Dhalgaon, 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 Palashi
Tehsil headquarters	Khanapur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Dhalgaon	22 km
Nearest town	Vite	30 km
District headquarters	Sangli	49 km

Villages closest to Palashi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palashi village had a population of 2,402. That makes it the 14th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents.

Palashi village has 1,195 males and 1,207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palashi has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1052.

The pincode recorded for Palashi is 415311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palashi covers 1662.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palashi falls under Khanapur tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palashi is Dhalgaon, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palashi.

Palashi is about 49 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palashi is in Khanapur tehsil of Sangli district. Khanapur is about 12 km away. Dhalgaon is about 22 km away. Vite is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.