Palsa observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Palsa is a village in Murarai-I mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 5,417 distributed across 1,144 households. The literacy rate is 49.2%.
By population, Palsa ranks #6 of 80 villages in Murarai - I mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palsa is a village of 5,417 people in 1,144 households (Census 2011) in Murarai - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 6th-largest of 80 villages in Murarai - I block. Literacy is 49%, 3 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Birbhum district centre, 14 km from Jeshtha Bhabanipur, the nearest town, 4 km from Chatra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731219, served by Murarai post office; the LGD village code is 316032. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Chatra, 4 km away. The sarpanch is JHARNA KAPURY, and the village votes in Murarai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Mosarraf Hossain. The population is estimated at 6,387 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Palsa →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palsa · this village | 5,417 | 49% | — |
| Tapna · Murarai - I | 1,678 | 51% | 0 km N |
| Batia · Murarai - I | 2,308 | 53% | 0 km N |
| Singhanagar · Murarai - I | 857 | 41% | 0.9 km N |
| Kapilsahar · Murarai - I | 1,114 | 67% | 1.2 km S |
| Bhogpur · Murarai - I | 315 | 74% | 1.6 km SW |
| Ratanpur · Murarai - I | 2,840 | 36% | 1.6 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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