About Palsa Village

Palsa is a large village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,677, made up of 1,379 males and 1,298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palsa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	816106
Area (hectares)	287 hectares
Population	2,677
Male Population	1,379
Female Population	1,298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palsa compares

By the 2011 count Palsa is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 287 hectares work out to about 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Palsa

Palsa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Palsa as Available within 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 Palsa from other places

Palsa lies about 26 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 7.8 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 Palsa
Nearest railway station	Chatra	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	8.2 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	13 km
District headquarters	Pakur	26 km

Villages closest to Palsa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maheshpur 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 2,677. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Palsa village has 1,379 males and 1,298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palsa has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Palsa is 816106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palsa covers 287 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Palsa falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palsa is Chatra, about 7.8 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 10+ km distance for Palsa.

Palsa is about 26 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palsa is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Chatra is about 7.8 km away. Maheshpur is about 8.2 km away. Nalhāti is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.