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About Palda Village

Palda is a small village in Buxwaha tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 76, made up of 48 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 583 females per 1000 males. The village covers 863.7 hectares hectares.

Palda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Buxwaha
Area (hectares) 863.7 hectares
Population 76
Male Population 48
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 583
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palda compares

By the 2011 count Palda is the 104th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 713 residents. Its 863.7 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 847.

Getting to Palda

Palda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Palda as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Palda from other places

Palda lies about 68 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tila, about 51 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 Palda
Tehsil headquarters Buxwaha 15 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 35 km
Nearest railway station Tila 51 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 68 km

Villages closest to Palda

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

Common questions about Palda

As per the Census of India 2011, Palda village had a population of 76. That makes it the 104th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 713 residents.

Palda village has 48 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palda has about 583 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 847.

Palda covers 863.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palda falls under Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palda is Tila, about 51 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 10+ km distance for Palda.

Palda is about 68 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palda is in Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Buxwaha is about 15 km away. Bijāwar is about 35 km away. Tila is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dardoniya (4.3 km), Sagouriya (4.5 km) and Hinota (5.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Palda today is likely to be higher.

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