About Palandu Village

Palandu is a mid sized village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,033, made up of 492 males and 541 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palandu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palandu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Namkum
Pincode	834010
Area (hectares)	187.23 hectares
Population	1,033
Male Population	492
Female Population	541
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,100
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palandu compares

By the 2011 count Palandu is the 41st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 187.23 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Palandu

Palandu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palandu as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palandu from other places

Palandu lies about 12 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Namkon, about 7.5 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 Palandu
Tehsil headquarters	Namkum	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Namkon	7.5 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	12 km

Villages closest to Palandu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palandu village had a population of 1,033. That makes it the 41st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Palandu village has 492 males and 541 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palandu has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Palandu is 834010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palandu covers 187.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palandu falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palandu is Namkon, about 7.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palandu.

Palandu is about 12 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palandu is in Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Namkum is about 7.0 km away. Namkon is about 7.5 km away. Ranchi is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.