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Palashpai
Village
Location in West Bengal, India
Palashpai is located in India
Palashpai
Palashpai
Palashpai (India)
Coordinates: 22°31′10″N 87°47′18″E / 22.5194°N 87.7884°E / 22.5194; 87.7884
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
Population
 (2011)
 ā€¢ Total4,800
Languages
 ā€¢ OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
721146
Telephone/STD code03225
Lok Sabha constituencyGhatal
Vidhan Sabha constituencyDaspur
Websitepaschimmedinipur.gov.in

Palashpai is a village in the Daspur II CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Location[edit | edit source]

Palashpai is located at 22°31′10″N 87°47′18″E / 22.5194°N 87.7884°E / 22.5194; 87.7884.

Area overview[edit | edit source]

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.[1][2]

Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[3] It has a density of population of 1,099 per km2, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[4]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Palashpai had a total population of 4,800, of which 2,459 (51%) were males and 2,341 (49%) were females. There were 480 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Palashpai was 3,864 (89.44% of the population over 6 years).[5]

Education[edit | edit source]

Palashpai B.D. Balika Vidyalaya is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1965. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. It has a library with 350 books and a playground.[6]

Bhagwanchak Patiram Sikshaniketan is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1950. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 1,200 books and a playground.[7]

Palashpai picture gallery[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Murshid, Ghulam. "Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra". Banglapedia. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar". www.whereincity.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011". page 27-28. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013". Table 2.2, 2.4 (a). Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census, India. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Palashpai B.D. Balika Vid. U. Pry". Schools.org. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Bhagwanchak Patiram Sikn. U. Pry". Schools.org. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

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