About Palma Village

Palma is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 214, made up of 106 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	341.62 hectares
Population	214
Male Population	106
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
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 Palma compares

By the 2011 count Palma is the 91st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 341.62 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 971.

Getting to Palma

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

Palma lies about 59 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 16 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 Palma
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	16 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	31 km
District headquarters	Giridih	59 km

Villages closest to Palma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palma village had a population of 214. That makes it the 91st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Palma village has 106 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palma has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Palma is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palma covers 341.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palma falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palma is Dhanwar, about 16 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 Palma.

Palma is about 59 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palma is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 8.0 km away. Dhanwar is about 16 km away. Kodarma is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.