About Palnun Village

Palnun is a mid sized village in Majalta tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,424, made up of 752 males and 672 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 560.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palnun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palnun village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Majalta
Pincode	184205
Area (hectares)	560.1 hectares
Population	1,424
Male Population	752
Female Population	672
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palnun compares

By the 2011 count Palnun is the 12th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents. Its 560.1 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Palnun

Palnun is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palnun as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Palnun from other places

Palnun lies about 31 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Manwal, 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 Palnun
Nearest railway station	Manwal	18 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Majalta	31 km
District headquarters	Udhampur	31 km

Villages closest to Palnun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palnun village had a population of 1,424. That makes it the 12th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents.

Palnun village has 752 males and 672 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palnun has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 885.

The pincode recorded for Palnun is 184205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palnun covers 560.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palnun falls under Majalta tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Palnun is Manwal, 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Palnun.

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

Palnun is in Majalta tehsil of Udhampur district. Manwal is about 18 km away. Sāmba is about 20 km away. Majalta is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.