About Palkhanda Village

Palkhanda is a mid sized village in Shamgarh tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 655, made up of 364 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 799 females per 1000 males. The village covers 363.78 hectares hectares.

Palkhanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palkhanda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Mandsaur
Tehsil	Shamgarh
Area (hectares)	363.78 hectares
Population	655
Male Population	364
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	799
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 Palkhanda compares

By the 2011 count Palkhanda is the 56th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,079 residents. Its 363.78 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, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Palkhanda

Palkhanda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Palkhanda 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 Palkhanda from other places

Palkhanda lies about 71 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Garot, about 11 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 Palkhanda
Nearest railway station	Garot	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shamgarh	12 km
Nearest town	Shāmgarh	12 km
District headquarters	Mandsaur	71 km

Villages closest to Palkhanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palkhanda village had a population of 655. That makes it the 56th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,079 residents.

Palkhanda village has 364 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palkhanda has about 799 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Palkhanda covers 363.78 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.

Palkhanda falls under Shamgarh tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palkhanda is Garot, about 11 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 Palkhanda.

Palkhanda is about 71 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palkhanda is in Shamgarh tehsil of Mandsaur district. Garot is about 11 km away. Shamgarh is about 12 km away. Shāmgarh is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.