About Palu Village

Palu is a mid sized village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 805, made up of 420 males and 385 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ormanjhi
Pincode	835219
Area (hectares)	153 hectares
Population	805
Male Population	420
Female Population	385
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palu compares

By the 2011 count Palu is the 39th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 153 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 960.

Getting to Palu

Palu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palu as Available within village. 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 Palu from other places

Palu lies about 28 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Sidhwar, about 8.4 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 Palu
Tehsil headquarters	Ormanjhi	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Sidhwar	8.4 km
Nearest town	Rāmgarh	13 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	28 km

Villages closest to Palu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palu village had a population of 805. That makes it the 39th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Palu village has 420 males and 385 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palu has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Palu is 835219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palu covers 153 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palu falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palu is Sidhwar, about 8.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Palu.

Palu is about 28 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palu is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Ormanjhi is about 4.0 km away. Sidhwar is about 8.4 km away. Rāmgarh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.