About Pala Village

Pala is a large village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,209, made up of 1,083 males and 1,126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496.72 hectares hectares.

Pala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pala village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Kirnapur
Area (hectares)	496.72 hectares
Population	2,209
Male Population	1,083
Female Population	1,126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pala compares

By the 2011 count Pala is the 20th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 496.72 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Pala

Pala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pala as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Pala from other places

Pala lies about 23 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Khara, about 13 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 Pala
Tehsil headquarters	Kirnapur	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Khara	13 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	23 km
Nearest town	Bālāghāt	23 km

Villages closest to Pala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pala village had a population of 2,209. That makes it the 20th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Pala village has 1,083 males and 1,126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pala has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1024.

Pala covers 496.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pala falls under Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pala is Khara, about 13 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Pala.

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

Pala is in Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Kirnapur is about 3.8 km away. Khara is about 13 km away. Balaghat is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.