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About Palak Village

Palak is a small village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 213, made up of 105 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palak village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Bodla
Pincode 491995
Area (hectares) 148.42 hectares
Population 213
Male Population 105
Female Population 108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palak compares

By the 2011 count Palak is the 225th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 148.42 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Palak

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

Palak lies about 18 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 86 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 Palak
Tehsil headquarters Bodla 9.7 km
District headquarters Kabeerdham 18 km
Nearest town Kawardha 20 km
Nearest railway station Bamhani Banjar 86 km

Villages closest to Palak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palak village had a population of 213. That makes it the 225th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Palak village has 105 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palak has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Palak is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palak covers 148.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palak falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palak is Bamhani Banjar, about 86 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 Palak.

Palak is about 18 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palak is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Bodla is about 9.7 km away. Kabeerdham is about 18 km away. Kawardha is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chor Bhatti (3.6 km), Bairakh (4.5 km) and Newratola (4.8 km).

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

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