About Palmi Village

Palmi is a mid sized village in Bhandra tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,321, made up of 686 males and 635 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 629 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palmi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palmi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Bhandra
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	629 hectares
Population	1,321
Male Population	686
Female Population	635
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palmi compares

By the 2011 count Palmi is the 18th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents. Its 629 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Palmi

Palmi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palmi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Palmi from other places

Palmi lies about 20 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Nagjua, about 10 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 Palmi
Tehsil headquarters	Bhandra	6.1 km
Nearest railway station	Nagjua	10 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	20 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	20 km

Villages closest to Palmi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palmi village had a population of 1,321. That makes it the 18th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents.

Palmi village has 686 males and 635 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palmi has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Palmi is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palmi covers 629 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palmi falls under Bhandra tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palmi is Nagjua, about 10 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 village for Palmi.

Palmi is about 20 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palmi is in Bhandra tehsil of Lohardaga district. Bhandra is about 6.1 km away. Nagjua is about 10 km away. Lohardaga is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.