About Palashdanga Village

Palashdanga is a large village in Sonamukhi tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,502, made up of 1,272 males and 1,230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 424.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palashdanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palashdanga village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Tehsil	Sonamukhi
Pincode	722208
Area (hectares)	424.1 hectares
Population	2,502
Male Population	1,272
Female Population	1,230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palashdanga compares

By the 2011 count Palashdanga is the 13th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 999 residents. Its 424.1 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Palashdanga

Palashdanga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palashdanga as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Palashdanga from other places

Palashdanga lies about 38 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Panagarh, about 8.1 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 Palashdanga
Nearest railway station	Panagarh	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonamukhi	12 km
Nearest town	Sonāmukhi	12 km
District headquarters	Bankura	38 km

Villages closest to Palashdanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palashdanga village had a population of 2,502. That makes it the 13th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 999 residents.

Palashdanga village has 1,272 males and 1,230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palashdanga has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Palashdanga is 722208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palashdanga covers 424.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palashdanga falls under Sonamukhi tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Palashdanga is Panagarh, about 8.1 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 village for Palashdanga.

Palashdanga is about 38 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palashdanga is in Sonamukhi tehsil of Bankura district. Panagarh is about 8.1 km away. Sonamukhi is about 12 km away. Sonāmukhi is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.