About Palasia Village

Palasia is a mid sized village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 801, made up of 431 males and 370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palasia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palasia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Pincode	828204
Area (hectares)	83 hectares
Population	801
Male Population	431
Female Population	370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palasia compares

By the 2011 count Palasia is the 128th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 83 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Palasia

Palasia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palasia 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palasia from other places

Palasia lies about 10 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Tata Sijua Halt, about 1.7 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 Palasia
Nearest railway station	Tata Sijua Halt	1.7 km
Nearest town	Sijua	1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda	10 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	10 km

Villages closest to Palasia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda 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 Palasia

As per the Census of India 2011, Palasia village had a population of 801. That makes it the 128th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Palasia village has 431 males and 370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palasia has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Palasia is 828204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palasia covers 83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Palasia falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palasia is Tata Sijua Halt, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 village for Palasia.

Palasia is about 10 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palasia is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Tata Sijua Halt is about 1.7 km away. Sijua is about 1.9 km away. Nirsa Cum Chirkunda is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.