About Palhe Village

Palhe is a mid sized village in Chinia tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 748, made up of 367 males and 381 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palhe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palhe village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Chinia
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	479.16 hectares
Population	748
Male Population	367
Female Population	381
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
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 Palhe compares

By the 2011 count Palhe is the 19th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,294 residents. Its 479.16 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Palhe

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

Palhe lies about 28 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 27 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 Palhe
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chinia	28 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	28 km

Villages closest to Palhe

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palhe village had a population of 748. That makes it the 19th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,294 residents.

Palhe village has 367 males and 381 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palhe has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Palhe is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palhe covers 479.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palhe falls under Chinia tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palhe is Meralgram, about 27 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 Palhe.

Palhe is about 28 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palhe is in Chinia tehsil of Garhwa district. Meralgram is about 27 km away. Chinia is about 28 km away. Garhwa is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.