Palasi Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Palasi is a large village located in Burdwan - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 715 families residing. The Palasi village has population of 3081 of which 1554 are males while 1527 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 305 which makes up 9.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasi village is 983 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasi as per census is 930, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palasi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasi village was 68.95 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palasi Male literacy stands at 75.00 % while female literacy rate was 62.83 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Palasi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Palasi village.

Palasi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	715	-	-
Population	3,081	1,554	1,527
Child (0-6)	305	158	147
Schedule Caste	1,558	780	778
Schedule Tribe	118	62	56
Literacy	68.95 %	75.00 %	62.83 %
Total Workers	1,166	928	238
Main Worker	785	-	-
Marginal Worker	381	265	116

Caste Factor

In Palasi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.57 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.83 % of total population in Palasi village.

Work Profile

In Palasi village out of total population, 1166 were engaged in work activities. 67.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1166 workers engaged in Main Work, 118 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 378 were Agricultural labourer.