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About Palta Village

Palta is a large village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,843, made up of 1,510 males and 1,333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1556.25 hectares hectares.

Palta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palta village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Gaurihar
Area (hectares) 1556.25 hectares
Population 2,843
Male Population 1,510
Female Population 1,333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palta compares

By the 2011 count Palta is the 12th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 1556.25 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Palta

Palta is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Palta as Available within <5 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 Palta from other places

Palta lies about 73 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mataundh, about 9.6 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 Palta
Tehsil headquarters Gaurihar 8.1 km
Nearest railway station Mataundh 9.6 km
Nearest town Kabrāi 17 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 73 km

Villages closest to Palta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palta village had a population of 2,843. That makes it the 12th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Palta village has 1,510 males and 1,333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palta has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

Palta covers 1556.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palta falls under Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palta is Mataundh, about 9.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palta.

Palta is about 73 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palta is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Gaurihar is about 8.1 km away. Mataundh is about 9.6 km away. Kabrāi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katra (3.0 km), Joga (3.2 km) and Jaibaran (3.7 km).

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

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