About Palgam Village

Palgam is a mid sized village in Chandil tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 250 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palgam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palgam village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Chandil
Pincode	832404
Area (hectares)	101 hectares
Population	500
Male Population	250
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palgam compares

By the 2011 count Palgam is the 76th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Palgam

Palgam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palgam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Palgam from other places

Palgam lies about 10 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Manikui, about 8.0 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 Palgam
Nearest railway station	Manikui	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandil	8.1 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	10 km
Nearest town	Bhetia	21 km

Villages closest to Palgam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palgam village had a population of 500. That makes it the 76th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents.

Palgam village has 250 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palgam has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Palgam is 832404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palgam covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palgam falls under Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Palgam is Manikui, about 8.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palgam.

Palgam is about 10 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palgam is in Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Manikui is about 8.0 km away. Chandil is about 8.1 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.