About Palewa Village

Palewa is a mid sized village in Charama tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,159, made up of 504 males and 655 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,300 females per 1000 males. The village covers 804.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palewa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palewa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Charama
Pincode	493338
Area (hectares)	804.18 hectares
Population	1,159
Male Population	504
Female Population	655
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,300
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palewa compares

By the 2011 count Palewa is the 31st largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 997 residents. Its 804.18 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, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Palewa

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

Palewa lies about 31 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, 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 Palewa
Nearest town	Kānker	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Charama	16 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	31 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	36 km

Villages closest to Palewa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palewa village had a population of 1,159. That makes it the 31st largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 997 residents.

Palewa village has 504 males and 655 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palewa has about 1300 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Palewa is 493338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palewa covers 804.18 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.

Palewa falls under Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palewa is Dhamtari, 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 village for Palewa.

Palewa is about 31 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palewa is in Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kānker is about 14 km away. Charama is about 16 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.