About Palnar Village

Palnar is a mid sized village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,961, made up of 943 males and 1,018 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1548.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Kuakonda
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	1548.94 hectares
Population	1,961
Male Population	943
Female Population	1,018
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palnar compares

By the 2011 count Palnar is the 6th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 1548.94 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Palnar

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

Palnar lies about 13 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 14 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 Palnar
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuakonda	13 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	14 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	15 km

Villages closest to Palnar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palnar village had a population of 1,961. That makes it the 6th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Palnar village has 943 males and 1,018 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palnar has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Palnar is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palnar covers 1548.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palnar falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palnar is Kirandul, about 14 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 Palnar.

Palnar is about 13 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palnar is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 13 km away. Kuakonda is about 13 km away. Kirandul is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.