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Palshya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Palshya is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 409 families residing. The Palshya village has population of 1536 of which 788 are males while 748 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palshya village population of children with age 0-6 is 195 which makes up 12.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palshya village is 949 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palshya as per census is 857, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palshya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palshya village was 61.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palshya Male literacy stands at 71.16 % while female literacy rate was 51.06 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Palshya 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 Palshya village.

Palshya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 409 - -
Population 1,536 788 748
Child (0-6) 195 105 90
Schedule Caste 168 88 80
Schedule Tribe 929 465 464
Literacy 61.30 % 71.16 % 51.06 %
Total Workers 793 483 310
Main Worker 516 - -
Marginal Worker 277 60 217

Caste Factor

In Palshya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 60.48 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.94 % of total population in Palshya village.

Work Profile

In Palshya village out of total population, 793 were engaged in work activities. 65.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 793 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 396 were Agricultural labourer.