Palsita Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Palsita is a small village located in Keshiary Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 50 families residing. The Palsita village has population of 180 of which 89 are males while 91 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palsita village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 15.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palsita village is 1022 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palsita as per census is 1250, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Palsita village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palsita village was 77.78 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palsita Male literacy stands at 85.71 % while female literacy rate was 69.74 %.

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

Palsita Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	50	-	-
Population	180	89	91
Child (0-6)	27	12	15
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	109	55	54
Literacy	77.78 %	85.71 %	69.74 %
Total Workers	94	57	37
Main Worker	73	-	-
Marginal Worker	21	5	16

Caste Factor

In Palsita village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 60.56 % of total population in Palsita village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palsita village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Palsita village out of total population, 94 were engaged in work activities. 77.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 94 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.