About Palma Village

Palma is a mid sized village in Pirtanr tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,236, made up of 640 males and 596 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825108, 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	Pirtanr
Pincode	825108
Area (hectares)	306.7 hectares
Population	1,236
Male Population	640
Female Population	596
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
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 16th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 572 residents. Its 306.7 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

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. The nearest villages by name are Naukania, Nawadih, Ojibad 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 Palma

As per the Census of India 2011, Palma village had a population of 1,236. That makes it the 16th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 572 residents.

Palma village has 640 males and 596 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palma has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Palma is 825108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palma covers 306.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palma falls under Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Palma 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 10+ km distance for Palma.

Palma is in Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih 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.