About Palsa Village

Palsa is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 184 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 204 hectares hectares.

Palsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palsa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Karra
Area (hectares)	204 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	184
Female Population	166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palsa compares

By the 2011 count Palsa is the 126th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 204 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1001.

Getting to Palsa

Palsa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palsa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Palsa from other places

Palsa lies about 23 km from Khunti. 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 Palsa
Tehsil headquarters	Karra	6.2 km
District headquarters	Khunti	23 km

Villages closest to Palsa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palsa village had a population of 350. That makes it the 126th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Palsa village has 184 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palsa has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Palsa covers 204 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palsa falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Palsa notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palsa.

Palsa is about 23 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palsa is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Karra is about 6.2 km away. Khunti is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.