Palashpai

{{OSM Location map Location Palashpai is located at . Area overview Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820. Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. 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. 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==

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). ==Education==

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. 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. ==Palashpai picture gallery==

File:Saptarath Sridharajiu Deul temple at Palashpai under Pashim Medinipur district in West Bengal 04.jpg|Saptarath Sridharjiu deul of the Maity family constructed in 1834 File:Saptarath Sridharajiu Deul temple at Palashpai under Pashim Medinipur district in West Bengal 06.jpg|Temple entrance File:Saptarath Sridharajiu Deul temple at Palashpai under Pashim Medinipur district in West Bengal 11.jpg|Terracotta decoration ==References==