About Palhera Village

Palhera is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,367, made up of 701 males and 666 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 285.51 hectares hectares.

Palhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palhera village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	285.51 hectares
Population	1,367
Male Population	701
Female Population	666
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palhera compares

By the 2011 count Palhera is the 43rd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 285.51 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Palhera

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

Palhera lies about 64 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 62 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 Palhera
Nearest town	Malajkhand	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	22 km
Nearest railway station	Dhapewara	62 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	64 km

Villages closest to Palhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palhera village had a population of 1,367. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Palhera village has 701 males and 666 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palhera has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Palhera covers 285.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palhera falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palhera is Dhapewara, about 62 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 10+ km distance for Palhera.

Palhera is about 64 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palhera is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 4.3 km away. Baihar is about 22 km away. Dhapewara is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.