About Palhea Village

Palhea is a large village in Manika tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,523, made up of 1,282 males and 1,241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 881 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palhea Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palhea village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Manika
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	881 hectares
Population	2,523
Male Population	1,282
Female Population	1,241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palhea compares

By the 2011 count Palhea is the 10th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,074 residents. Its 881 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Palhea

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

How far is Palhea from other places

Palhea lies about 60 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kajri, about 35 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 Palhea
Tehsil headquarters	Manika	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kajri	35 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	40 km
District headquarters	Latehar	60 km

Villages closest to Palhea

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palhea village had a population of 2,523. That makes it the 10th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,074 residents.

Palhea village has 1,282 males and 1,241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palhea has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Palhea is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palhea covers 881 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palhea falls under Manika tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palhea is Kajri, about 35 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palhea.

Palhea is about 60 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palhea is in Manika tehsil of Latehar district. Manika is about 21 km away. Kajri is about 35 km away. Medininagar is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.