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About Palli Village

Palli is a mid sized village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 618, made up of 327 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 183.25 hectares
Population 618
Male Population 327
Female Population 291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palli compares

By the 2011 count Palli is the 64th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 183.25 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Palli

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

Palli lies about 22 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 4.8 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 Palli
Nearest railway station Nakti Semara 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 8.9 km
District headquarters Bastar 22 km

Villages closest to Palli

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

Common questions about Palli

As per the Census of India 2011, Palli village had a population of 618. That makes it the 64th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Palli village has 327 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palli has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Palli is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palli covers 183.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palli falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palli is Nakti Semara, about 4.8 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 village for Palli.

Palli is about 22 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palli is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Nakti Semara is about 4.8 km away. Jagdalpur is about 8.9 km away. Bastar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Morathpalli (under 2 km), Khamargaon (under 2 km) and Garawand Khurd (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Palli today is likely to be higher.

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