About Palakamthi Village

Palakamthi is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 846, made up of 431 males and 415 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.48 hectares hectares.

Palakamthi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palakamthi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lalbarra
Area (hectares)	213.48 hectares
Population	846
Male Population	431
Female Population	415
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palakamthi compares

By the 2011 count Palakamthi is the 75th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 213.48 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 1020.

Getting to Palakamthi

Palakamthi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palakamthi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Palakamthi from other places

Palakamthi lies about 17 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Magardharra Ph, about 11 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 Palakamthi
Nearest railway station	Magardharra Ph	11 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lalbarra	17 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	17 km

Villages closest to Palakamthi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palakamthi village had a population of 846. That makes it the 75th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Palakamthi village has 431 males and 415 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palakamthi has about 963 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 1020.

Palakamthi covers 213.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palakamthi falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palakamthi is Magardharra Ph, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Palakamthi.

Palakamthi is about 17 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palakamthi is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Magardharra Ph is about 11 km away. Wārāseonī is about 15 km away. Lalbarra is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.