About Palma Village

Palma is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 568, made up of 259 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,193 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	309 hectares
Population	568
Male Population	259
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,193
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 79th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 309 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1002.

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 17 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 31 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	Ghaghra	12 km
District headquarters	Gumla	17 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	17 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	31 km

Villages closest to Palma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghaghra 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 568. That makes it the 79th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Palma village has 259 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palma has about 1193 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Palma is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palma covers 309 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palma falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palma is Lohardaga, about 31 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 17 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palma is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 12 km away. Gumla is about 17 km away. Gumlā is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.