About Palan Village

Palan is a small village in Nala tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 205 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815355, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Nala
Pincode	815355
Area (hectares)	127 hectares
Population	385
Male Population	205
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palan compares

By the 2011 count Palan is the 144th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 565 residents. Its 127 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Palan

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

How far is Palan from other places

Palan lies about 53 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Dubrajpur, about 8.6 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 Palan
Nearest railway station	Dubrajpur	8.6 km
Nearest town	Dubrājpur	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nala	29 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	53 km

Villages closest to Palan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palan village had a population of 385. That makes it the 144th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 565 residents.

Palan village has 205 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palan has about 878 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 Palan is 815355. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palan covers 127 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palan falls under Nala tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palan is Dubrajpur, about 8.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palan.

Palan is about 53 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palan is in Nala tehsil of Jamtara district. Dubrajpur is about 8.6 km away. Dubrājpur is about 9.3 km away. Nala is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.