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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NILIMA MAHATO
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- LGD code
- 330001
- Pincode
- 723127
- Post office
- Barabhum
- Population
- 588
- Households
- 114
- Literacy rate
- 50.7%
- Sex ratio
- 891 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 194
- Distance to district centre
- 8 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 214 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1058 km
- Nearest railway station
- Purulia Junction · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pichasi Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Palaskala compares
By population, Palaskala ranks #81 of 114 villages in Purulia - II mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.7%
−3.3% vs mandal average
- Palaskala
- 50.7%
- Purulia - II mandal
- 54.0%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
891
−70 vs mandal average
- Palaskala
- 891
- Purulia - II mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Palaskala
- 5.2
- Purulia - II mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palaskala at a glance
Palaskala is a village of 588 people in 114 households (Census 2011) in Purulia - II block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 81st-largest of 114 villages in Purulia - II block. Literacy is 51%, 3 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 891 women per 1,000 men. It lies 8 km from the Purulia district centre, 35 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 6 km from Purulia Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723127, served by Barabhum post office; the LGD village code is 330001. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pichasi Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is NILIMA MAHATO, and the village votes in Purulia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudip Kumar Mukherjee. The population is estimated at 658 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Palaskala
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 550
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 171.99
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Palaskala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Palaskala
- LGD code
- 330001
- Pincode
- 723127
- Post office
- Barabhum
- Population (Census 2011)
- 588
- Population (projected 2026)
- 658
- Households
- 114
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 891
- Literacy rate
- 50.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.30361°N, 86.43346°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sudip Kumar Mukherjee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NILIMA MAHATO
- Block / Mandal
- Purulia - II
Getting there
How to reach Palaskala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata214 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1058 km
- Delhi1094 km
- Chennai1309 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPurulia Junction6 km
- Bus stopPurulia Town Bus Stand8 km
- Hospital / PHCPichasi Hospital6 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump (Tata Route)8 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University12 km
- Police stationHirbandh Police Station47 km
Same pincode
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)