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About Palotha Village

Palotha is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 921, made up of 487 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 538.27 hectares hectares.

Palotha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palotha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 538.27 hectares
Population 921
Male Population 487
Female Population 434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palotha compares

By the 2011 count Palotha is the 88th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 538.27 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Palotha

The census records public bus service for Palotha as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palotha from other places

Palotha lies about 3.0 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 3.5 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 Palotha
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 3.0 km
Nearest railway station Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur 3.5 km

Villages closest to Palotha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palotha village had a population of 921. That makes it the 88th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Palotha village has 487 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palotha has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 878.

Palotha covers 538.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palotha falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palotha is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Palotha.

Palotha is about 3.0 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palotha is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chhatarpur is about 3.0 km away. Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur is about 3.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandpura (3.9 km), Chandrapura (3.9 km) and Barkoha (3.9 km).

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

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