About Palu Village

Palu is a small village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 416, made up of 223 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.7 hectares hectares.

Palu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Gumia
Area (hectares)	248.7 hectares
Population	416
Male Population	223
Female Population	193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palu compares

By the 2011 count Palu is the 76th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 248.7 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Palu

Palu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Palu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Palu from other places

Palu lies about 48 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Jogeswar Bihar, about 9.1 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 Palu
Nearest railway station	Jogeswar Bihar	9.1 km
Nearest town	Chitarpur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gumia	20 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	48 km

Villages closest to Palu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palu village had a population of 416. That makes it the 76th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Palu village has 223 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palu has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Palu covers 248.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palu falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palu is Jogeswar Bihar, about 9.1 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 10+ km distance for Palu.

Palu is about 48 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palu is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Jogeswar Bihar is about 9.1 km away. Chitarpur is about 12 km away. Gumia is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.