About Palandur Village

Palandur is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,687, made up of 849 males and 838 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 601.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palandur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palandur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	601.06 hectares
Population	1,687
Male Population	849
Female Population	838
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palandur compares

By the 2011 count Palandur is the 25th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 601.06 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Palandur

Palandur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palandur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palandur from other places

Palandur lies about 20 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Musra, about 5.6 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 Palandur
Nearest railway station	Musra	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	12 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	20 km

Villages closest to Palandur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palandur village had a population of 1,687. That makes it the 25th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Palandur village has 849 males and 838 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palandur has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Palandur is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palandur covers 601.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palandur falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palandur is Musra, about 5.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palandur.

Palandur is about 20 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palandur is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Musra is about 5.6 km away. Dongargarh is about 12 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.