About Palan Village

Palan is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 236 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Masalia
Pincode	814158
Area (hectares)	215 hectares
Population	478
Male Population	236
Female Population	242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palan compares

By the 2011 count Palan is the 87th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 215 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Palan

Palan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palan as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Pachapani, Pahargora, Paharidih and Paharpur. 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 Palan

As per the Census of India 2011, Palan village had a population of 478. That makes it the 87th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Palan village has 236 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palan has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Palan is 814158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palan covers 215 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palan falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Palan notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palan.

Palan is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka 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.