About Palna Village

Palna is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 799, made up of 382 males and 417 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1176 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palna village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	1176 hectares
Population	799
Male Population	382
Female Population	417
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,092
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palna compares

By the 2011 count Palna is the 42nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 1176 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Palna

Palna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palna as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Palna from other places

Palna 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 Palna
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	29 km
Nearest town	Kānker	46 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	75 km
District headquarters	Bastar	93 km

Villages closest to Palna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palna village had a population of 799. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Palna village has 382 males and 417 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palna has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Palna is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palna covers 1176 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palna falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palna 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 10+ km distance for Palna.

Palna 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.

Palna is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 29 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.