About Palangala Village

Palangala is a mid sized village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 649, made up of 322 males and 327 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2622.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palangala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palangala village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571218
Area (hectares)	2622.12 hectares
Population	649
Male Population	322
Female Population	327
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palangala compares

By the 2011 count Palangala is the 85th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 2622.12 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Palangala

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

Palangala lies about 23 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Pappinisseri, about 49 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 Palangala
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	10 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	23 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	26 km
Nearest railway station	Pappinisseri	49 km

Villages closest to Palangala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palangala village had a population of 649. That makes it the 85th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Palangala village has 322 males and 327 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palangala has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Palangala is 571218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palangala covers 2622.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palangala falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Palangala is Pappinisseri, about 49 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 Palangala.

Palangala is about 23 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palangala is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 10 km away. Kodagu is about 23 km away. Madikeri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.