About Palnia Village

Palnia is a small village in Hiranpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 136 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palnia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palnia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Hiranpur
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	128 hectares
Population	278
Male Population	136
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,044
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palnia compares

By the 2011 count Palnia is the 83rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 128 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Palnia

Palnia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palnia as Available within 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 Palnia from other places

Palnia lies about 13 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Kotalpukur, about 4.6 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 Palnia
Nearest railway station	Kotalpukur	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranpur	8.7 km
District headquarters	Pakur	13 km

Villages closest to Palnia

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Palnia

As per the Census of India 2011, Palnia village had a population of 278. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Palnia village has 136 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palnia has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Palnia is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palnia covers 128 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palnia falls under Hiranpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palnia is Kotalpukur, about 4.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Palnia.

Palnia is about 13 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palnia is in Hiranpur tehsil of Pakur district. Kotalpukur is about 4.6 km away. Hiranpur is about 8.7 km away. Pakur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.