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About Palsita Village

Palsita is a small village in Keshiary tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 89 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palsita Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palsita village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Keshiary
Pincode 721133
Area (hectares) 48.49 hectares
Population 180
Male Population 89
Female Population 91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palsita compares

By the 2011 count Palsita is the 170th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 741 residents. Its 48.49 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Palsita

Palsita is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Palsita as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Oldadurga Daspur, Pabnia, Pacha Khali and Paira Chali. 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 Palsita

As per the Census of India 2011, Palsita village had a population of 180. That makes it the 170th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 741 residents.

Palsita village has 89 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palsita has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Palsita is 721133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palsita covers 48.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palsita falls under Keshiary tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Palsita notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Palsita is in Keshiary 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 Palsita today is likely to be higher.

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