About Palamu Village

Palamu is one of the larger villages in Nawadih tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,379, made up of 2,760 males and 2,619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 933.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palamu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palamu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Nawadih
Pincode	825102
Area (hectares)	933.49 hectares
Population	5,379
Male Population	2,760
Female Population	2,619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palamu compares

By the 2011 count Palamu is the 4th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,962 residents. Its 933.49 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 986.

Getting to Palamu

Palamu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palamu 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Mochro, Mongo Rangamati, Mungo and Narainpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Palamu

As per the Census of India 2011, Palamu village had a population of 5,379. That makes it the 4th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,962 residents.

Palamu village has 2,760 males and 2,619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palamu has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Palamu is 825102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palamu covers 933.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palamu falls under Nawadih tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Palamu notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Palamu.

Palamu is in Nawadih tehsil of Bokaro district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.