About Palmo Village

Palmo is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 43 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palmo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palmo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	207.87 hectares
Population	78
Male Population	43
Female Population	35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	814
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palmo compares

By the 2011 count Palmo is the 120th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 207.87 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Palmo

Palmo is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palmo as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Palmo from other places

Palmo lies about 65 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 20 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 Palmo
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Nawadih	20 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	29 km
District headquarters	Giridih	65 km

Villages closest to Palmo

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 Palmo

As per the Census of India 2011, Palmo village had a population of 78. That makes it the 120th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Palmo village has 43 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palmo has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

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

Palmo covers 207.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palmo falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palmo is Nawadih, about 20 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 village for Palmo.

Palmo is about 65 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palmo is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 8.0 km away. Nawadih is about 20 km away. Kodarma is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.