About Palangi Village

Palangi is a mid sized village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 564, made up of 298 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palangi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825412
Area (hectares)	11.95 hectares
Population	564
Male Population	298
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
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 Palangi compares

By the 2011 count Palangi is the 148th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 11.95 hectares work out to about 47 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Palangi

Palangi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palangi 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 Palangi from other places

Palangi lies about 38 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Rema, about under 2 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 Palangi
Nearest railway station	Rema	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanwar	4.5 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	29 km
District headquarters	Giridih	38 km

Villages closest to Palangi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palangi village had a population of 564. That makes it the 148th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Palangi village has 298 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palangi has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Palangi is 825412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palangi covers 11.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 47 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Palangi falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palangi is Rema, about under 2 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 Palangi.

Palangi is about 38 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palangi is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Rema is about under 2 km away. Dhanwar is about 4.5 km away. Barki Saria is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.