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About Palasia Village

Palasia is a small village in Dantan I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 80 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.79 hectares hectares.

Palasia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palasia village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Dantan I
Area (hectares) 58.79 hectares
Population 155
Male Population 80
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palasia compares

By the 2011 count Palasia is the 156th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 58.79 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 977.

Getting to Palasia

Palasia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Palasia as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Paikbar, Paikpara, Pakharbar and Palania. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Palasia

As per the Census of India 2011, Palasia village had a population of 155. That makes it the 156th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Palasia village has 80 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palasia has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 977.

Palasia covers 58.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palasia falls under Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Palasia notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Palasia.

Palasia is in Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Palasia today is likely to be higher.

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