About Palwada Village

Palwada is a large village in Badnawar tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,794, made up of 1,441 males and 1,353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1377.64 hectares hectares.

Palwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palwada village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Badnawar
Area (hectares)	1377.64 hectares
Population	2,794
Male Population	1,441
Female Population	1,353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palwada compares

By the 2011 count Palwada is the 18th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 1377.64 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Palwada

Palwada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palwada as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Palwada from other places

Palwada lies about 24 km from Badnawar, and the nearest railway station is Dhar, about 22 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 Palwada
Nearest railway station	Dhar	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Badnawar	24 km
Nearest town	Badnāwar	24 km

Villages closest to Palwada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palwada village had a population of 2,794. That makes it the 18th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Palwada village has 1,441 males and 1,353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palwada has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Palwada covers 1377.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palwada falls under Badnawar tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palwada is Dhar, about 22 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 village for Palwada.

Palwada is about 24 km from Badnawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palwada is in Badnawar tehsil of Dhar district. Dhar is about 22 km away. Badnawar is about 24 km away. Badnāwar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.