About Palda Village

Palda is a mid sized village in Maheshwar tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 754, made up of 393 males and 361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.76 hectares hectares.

Palda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khargone
Tehsil	Maheshwar
Area (hectares)	337.76 hectares
Population	754
Male Population	393
Female Population	361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palda compares

By the 2011 count Palda is the 98th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents. Its 337.76 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 981.

Getting to Palda

Palda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 50 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Kalakund, about 27 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	Maheshwar	19 km
Nearest railway station	Kalakund	27 km
District headquarters	Khargone	50 km

Villages closest to Palda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palda village had a population of 754. That makes it the 98th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents.

Palda village has 393 males and 361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palda has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Palda covers 337.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palda falls under Maheshwar tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palda is Kalakund, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palda.

Palda is about 50 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palda is in Maheshwar tehsil of Khargone district. Maheshwar is about 19 km away. Kalakund is about 27 km away. Khargone is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.