About Palana Village

Palana is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,044, made up of 499 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 390.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palana village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bade Rajpur
Pincode	496001
Area (hectares)	390.25 hectares
Population	1,044
Male Population	499
Female Population	545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,092
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palana compares

By the 2011 count Palana is the 33rd largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 390.25 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Palana

Palana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palana as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palana from other places

Palana lies about 93 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 75 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Palana
Tehsil headquarters	Bade Rajpur	12 km
Nearest town	Kānker	46 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	75 km
District headquarters	Bastar	93 km

Villages closest to Palana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Palana

As per the Census of India 2011, Palana village had a population of 1,044. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Palana village has 499 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palana has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Palana is 496001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palana covers 390.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palana falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palana is Antagarh, about 75 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Palana.

Palana is about 93 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palana is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 12 km away. Kānker is about 46 km away. Antagarh is about 75 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.