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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Palsa is a village in Nanoor mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 889 across 265 households. The village has a literacy rate of 66% and is located at coordinates 23.635°N, 87.877°E, with postal code 731302.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RINKU SAHA
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- LGD code
- 317637
- Pincode
- 731302
- Post office
- Kirnahar
- Population
- 889
- Households
- 265
- Literacy rate
- 66%
- Sex ratio
- 864 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 321
- Distance to district centre
- 36 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 128 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1199 km
- Nearest railway station
- Daskalgram · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Khujutipara · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Palsa compares
By population, Palsa ranks #91 of 136 villages in Nanoor mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.0%
+5.3% vs mandal average
- Palsa
- 66.0%
- Nanoor mandal
- 60.7%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
864
−85 vs mandal average
- Palsa
- 864
- Nanoor mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
3.4
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Palsa
- 3.4
- Nanoor mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palsa at a glance
Palsa is a village of 889 people in 265 households (Census 2011) in Nanoor block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 91st-largest of 136 villages in Nanoor block. Literacy is 66%, 5 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 864 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Birbhum district centre, 2 km from Madda, the nearest town, 14 km from Daskalgram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731302, served by Kirnahar post office; the LGD village code is 317637. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Khujutipara, 3 km away. The sarpanch is RINKU SAHA, and the village votes in Nanoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bidhan Chandra Majhi. The population is estimated at 1,048 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Palsa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- 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
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 94.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 83.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Palsa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Palsa
- LGD code
- 317637
- Pincode
- 731302
- Post office
- Kirnahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 889
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,048
- Households
- 265
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 864
- Literacy rate
- 66.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.63462°N, 87.87689°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nanoor
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bidhan Chandra Majhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RINKU SAHA
- Block / Mandal
- Nanoor
Getting there
How to reach Palsa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata128 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1199 km
- Delhi1200 km
- Chennai1421 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDaskalgram14 km
- Bus stopJalpara Charaktala18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Khujutipara3 km
- ATM / bankJalpara Gramin Bank17 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil21 km
- CollegeGobindapur Shefali Memorial Polytechnic17 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station21 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Palsa
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Four Siva temples at UchkaranTemple4.4 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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