About Palia Village

Palia is a small village in Sukma tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 276, made up of 121 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,281 females per 1000 males. The village covers 691.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palia village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Sukma
Pincode	494111
Area (hectares)	691.65 hectares
Population	276
Male Population	121
Female Population	155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,281
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palia compares

By the 2011 count Palia is the 45th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 980 residents. Its 691.65 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1086.

Getting to Palia

Palia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palia 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palia from other places

Palia lies about 34 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 36 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 Palia
Tehsil headquarters	Sukma	16 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	34 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	36 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	38 km

Villages closest to Palia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palia village had a population of 276. That makes it the 45th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 980 residents.

Palia village has 121 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palia has about 1281 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Palia is 494111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palia covers 691.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palia falls under Sukma tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palia is Kirandul, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palia.

Palia is about 34 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.

Palia is in Sukma tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Sukma is about 16 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 34 km away. Kirandul is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.