About Palanar Village

Palanar is a mid sized village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 934, made up of 464 males and 470 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 575.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palanar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bastanar
Pincode	494442
Area (hectares)	575.2 hectares
Population	934
Male Population	464
Female Population	470
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palanar compares

By the 2011 count Palanar is the 13th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 575.2 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Palanar

Palanar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palanar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palanar from other places

Palanar lies about 40 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kumhar Sodra, about 2.5 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 Palanar
Nearest railway station	Kumhar Sodra	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bastanar	11 km
District headquarters	Bastar	40 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	40 km

Villages closest to Palanar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bastanar 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 Palanar

As per the Census of India 2011, Palanar village had a population of 934. That makes it the 13th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Palanar village has 464 males and 470 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palanar has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Palanar is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palanar covers 575.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palanar falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palanar is Kumhar Sodra, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Palanar.

Palanar is about 40 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palanar is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Kumhar Sodra is about 2.5 km away. Bastanar is about 11 km away. Bastar is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.