About Palkoha Village

Palkoha is a mid sized village in Bijawar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,811, made up of 983 males and 828 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2383.33 hectares hectares.

Palkoha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palkoha village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Bijawar
Area (hectares)	2383.33 hectares
Population	1,811
Male Population	983
Female Population	828
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palkoha compares

By the 2011 count Palkoha is the 14th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 2383.33 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Palkoha

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

Palkoha lies about 44 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Duriyaganj, about 24 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 Palkoha
Nearest railway station	Duriyaganj	24 km
Nearest town	Khajuraho Group of Monuments	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bijawar	33 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	44 km

Villages closest to Palkoha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palkoha village had a population of 1,811. That makes it the 14th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Palkoha village has 983 males and 828 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palkoha has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 885.

Palkoha covers 2383.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palkoha falls under Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palkoha is Duriyaganj, about 24 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 Palkoha.

Palkoha is about 44 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palkoha is in Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Duriyaganj is about 24 km away. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 32 km away. Bijawar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.