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About Palashkanda Village

Palashkanda is a small village in Salbani tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 48, made up of 23 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721516, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palashkanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palashkanda village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Salbani
Pincode 721516
Area (hectares) 30.78 hectares
Population 48
Male Population 23
Female Population 25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,087
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palashkanda compares

By the 2011 count Palashkanda is the 344th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 30.78 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Palashkanda

Palashkanda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palashkanda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Pachakua, Pachashamar, Pairag and Palaibani. 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 Palashkanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Palashkanda village had a population of 48. That makes it the 344th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Palashkanda village has 23 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palashkanda has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Palashkanda is 721516. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palashkanda covers 30.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palashkanda falls under Salbani tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Palashkanda notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palashkanda.

Palashkanda is in Salbani 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 Palashkanda today is likely to be higher.

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