About Palandu Village

Palandu is a mid sized village in Barkagaon tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 834, made up of 439 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 794.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palandu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palandu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkagaon
Pincode	825311
Area (hectares)	794.01 hectares
Population	834
Male Population	439
Female Population	395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palandu compares

By the 2011 count Palandu is the 51st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 794.01 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Palandu

Palandu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palandu as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palandu from other places

Palandu lies about 27 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Chhapar, about 9.7 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 Palandu
Tehsil headquarters	Barkagaon	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Chhapar	9.7 km
Nearest town	Patrātu	14 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	27 km

Villages closest to Palandu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palandu village had a population of 834. That makes it the 51st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Palandu village has 439 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palandu has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Palandu is 825311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palandu covers 794.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palandu falls under Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palandu is Chhapar, about 9.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palandu.

Palandu is about 27 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palandu is in Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barkagaon is about 8.8 km away. Chhapar is about 9.7 km away. Patrātu is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.