About Palma Village

Palma is a mid sized village in Bhaiyathan tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,533, made up of 788 males and 745 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 498.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497235, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palma village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Bhaiyathan
Pincode	497235
Area (hectares)	498.44 hectares
Population	1,533
Male Population	788
Female Population	745
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palma compares

By the 2011 count Palma is the 30th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 498.44 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Palma

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

Palma lies about 40 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Karonji, about 18 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 Palma
Tehsil headquarters	Bhaiyathan	16 km
Nearest railway station	Karonji	18 km
Nearest town	Surajpur	28 km
District headquarters	Surguja	40 km

Villages closest to Palma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palma village had a population of 1,533. That makes it the 30th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Palma village has 788 males and 745 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palma has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Palma is 497235. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palma covers 498.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palma falls under Bhaiyathan tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palma is Karonji, about 18 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 Palma.

Palma is about 40 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palma is in Bhaiyathan tehsil of Surguja district. Bhaiyathan is about 16 km away. Karonji is about 18 km away. Surajpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.