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About Palti Village

Palti is a small village in Ghumarwin tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 196 males and 197 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palti village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Ghumarwin
Pincode 174026
Area (hectares) 90.9 hectares
Population 393
Male Population 196
Female Population 197
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palti compares

By the 2011 count Palti is the 66th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 390 residents. Its 90.9 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Palti

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

Palti lies about 15 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 8.1 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 Palti
Nearest railway station Belha 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghumarwin 15 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 15 km
Nearest town Bilāspur 15 km

Villages closest to Palti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palti village had a population of 393. That makes it the 66th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 390 residents.

Palti village has 196 males and 197 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palti has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Palti is 174026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palti covers 90.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palti falls under Ghumarwin tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palti is Belha, about 8.1 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Palti.

Palti is about 15 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palti is in Ghumarwin tehsil of Bilaspur district. Belha is about 8.1 km away. Ghumarwin is about 15 km away. Bilaspur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paliala (under 2 km), Paliyan (under 2 km) and Chhat (4.5 km).

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

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