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About Palasbana Village

Palasbana is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 450, made up of 241 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.66 hectares hectares.

Palasbana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palasbana village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Area (hectares) 66.66 hectares
Population 450
Male Population 241
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palasbana compares

By the 2011 count Palasbana is the 54th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 66.66 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Palasbana

The census records public bus service for Palasbana as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palasbana from other places

Palasbana lies about 54 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Gumani, about 2.1 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 Palasbana
Nearest railway station Gumani 2.1 km
Nearest town Farakka 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 34 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 54 km

Villages closest to Palasbana

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

Common questions about Palasbana

As per the Census of India 2011, Palasbana village had a population of 450. That makes it the 54th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Palasbana village has 241 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palasbana has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Palasbana covers 66.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Palasbana falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palasbana is Gumani, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Palasbana.

Palasbana is about 54 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palasbana is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Gumani is about 2.1 km away. Farakka is about 11 km away. Taljhari is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhangora (7.1 km), Barhara (8.6 km) and Gumapahar (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Palasbana today is likely to be higher.

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