About Palarpur Village

Palarpur 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 1,598, made up of 822 males and 776 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207 hectares hectares.

Palarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palarpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares)	207 hectares
Population	1,598
Male Population	822
Female Population	776
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palarpur compares

By the 2011 count Palarpur is the 55th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 207 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Palarpur

Palarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palarpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Palarpur from other places

Palarpur lies about 10 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Rakhitpur, about 1.9 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 Palarpur
Nearest railway station	Rakhitpur	1.9 km
Nearest town	Jharia	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda	10 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	10 km

Villages closest to Palarpur

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 Palarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Palarpur village had a population of 1,598. That makes it the 55th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Palarpur village has 822 males and 776 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palarpur has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Palarpur covers 207 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Palarpur is Rakhitpur, about 1.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Palarpur.

Palarpur 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.

Palarpur is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Rakhitpur is about 1.9 km away. Jharia is about 9.3 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.