Palit (surname)

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|region = Bengal

|origin = Bengali Hindu

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Palit ({{langx|bn|পালিত}}) is a native Bengali surname, mostly used by the Bengali Kayastha community of India and Bangladesh.{{Cite book|last=Bhattacharya|first=Jogendra Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ&q=Palit+|title=Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems|date=1896|page=179|publisher=Thacker, Spink|language=en|access-date=12 March 2025}}{{cite web |title=Kayastha|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Kayastha|website=Banglapedia|last=Bala|first=Hiralal|access-date=12 March 2025}} The surname is also found among Baishya Kapali, Ugra Kshatriya, Karmakar, Namasudra and some other castes of Bengal.{{Cite book |last=Bhaumika |first=Khagendra Nātha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQY4AAAAMAAJ |title=Padabīra utpatti o kramabikāśera itihāsa |date=1982 |publisher=Mitraloka |pages=Division D 16 |language=bn}}