About Palma Village

Palma is a mid sized village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,590, made up of 793 males and 797 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 377 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sarath
Pincode	815151
Area (hectares)	377 hectares
Population	1,590
Male Population	793
Female Population	797
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
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 Palma compares

By the 2011 count Palma is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 377 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Palma

Palma is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Palma 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 Palma from other places

Palma lies about 47 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Kaseetar Halt, about 14 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 Palma
Nearest railway station	Kaseetar Halt	14 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarath	16 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	47 km

Villages closest to Palma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palma village had a population of 1,590. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Palma village has 793 males and 797 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palma has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Palma is 815151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palma covers 377 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palma falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palma is Kaseetar Halt, about 14 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 Palma.

Palma is about 47 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palma is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Kaseetar Halt is about 14 km away. Jāmtāra is about 15 km away. Sarath is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.