About Palachur Village

Palachur is a small village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 308, made up of 156 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 370.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palachur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palachur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Durgkondal
Pincode	494669
Area (hectares)	370.36 hectares
Population	308
Male Population	156
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palachur compares

By the 2011 count Palachur is the 87th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 370.36 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Palachur

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

Palachur lies about 32 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 16 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 Palachur
Nearest railway station	Keoti	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Durgkondal	32 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	32 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	44 km

Villages closest to Palachur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palachur village had a population of 308. That makes it the 87th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Palachur village has 156 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palachur has about 974 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 1009.

The pincode recorded for Palachur is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palachur covers 370.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palachur falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Palachur is Keoti, about 16 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 Palachur.

Palachur is about 32 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.

Palachur is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 16 km away. Durgkondal is about 32 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.