About Palashi Village

Palashi is a mid sized village in Mangolkote tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,320, made up of 682 males and 638 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 387.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palashi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palashi village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Barddhaman
Tehsil	Mangolkote
Pincode	713143
Area (hectares)	387.19 hectares
Population	1,320
Male Population	682
Female Population	638
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palashi compares

By the 2011 count Palashi is the 69th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,025 residents. Its 387.19 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

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 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 12 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Karjana, about 7.3 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
Nearest railway station	Karjana	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangolkote	12 km
District headquarters	Barddhaman	12 km
Nearest town	Barddhamān	12 km

Villages closest to Palashi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mangolkote 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 1,320. That makes it the 69th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,025 residents.

Palashi village has 682 males and 638 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palashi has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Palashi is 713143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palashi covers 387.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palashi falls under Mangolkote tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Palashi is Karjana, about 7.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Palashi.

Palashi is about 12 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palashi is in Mangolkote tehsil of Barddhaman district. Karjana is about 7.3 km away. Mangolkote is about 12 km away. Barddhaman is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.