Palasia
Dantan-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721426
· village code 343784
Population 2011
849
Census of India
Population 2020
938
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.5%
89 people · 1.1% a year
Households
199
+10.6% vs 180 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
849
Male / female
416 / 433
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,041
Children aged 0–6
124
Literacy rate
56.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
273 / 0
Working population
273
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
53.9%
Households
180
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
56
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
55
Non-farm households
55
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
122 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
122 / 96 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Angua panchayat, Dantan-I zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹61.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹72.99 lakh
Received directly
₹13,388
Spent
₹1.01 crore
Unspent at year end
₹33.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.56 lakh · received ₹30.00 lakh · spent ₹40.33 lakh · left ₹12.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.50 lakh · received ₹42.99 lakh · spent ₹60.80 lakh · left ₹20.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9099, 87.2768 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
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staffing across Medinipur West ·
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