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About Palnagara Village

Palnagara is a mid sized village in Alot tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 629, made up of 338 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.54 hectares hectares.

Palnagara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palnagara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Alot
Area (hectares) 351.54 hectares
Population 629
Male Population 338
Female Population 291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Palnagara compares

By the 2011 count Palnagara is the 54th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 840 residents. Its 351.54 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 969.

Getting to Palnagara

Palnagara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Palnagara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palnagara from other places

Palnagara lies about 74 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Vikramgarh Alot, about 4.4 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 Palnagara
Tehsil headquarters Alot 3.1 km
Nearest railway station Vikramgarh Alot 4.4 km
District headquarters Ratlam 74 km

Villages closest to Palnagara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palnagara village had a population of 629. That makes it the 54th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 840 residents.

Palnagara village has 338 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palnagara has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Palnagara covers 351.54 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.

Palnagara falls under Alot tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palnagara is Vikramgarh Alot, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Palnagara.

Palnagara is about 74 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palnagara is in Alot tehsil of Ratlam district. Alot is about 3.1 km away. Vikramgarh Alot is about 4.4 km away. Ratlam is about 74 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Langar Khedi (under 2 km), Bor Khedi (1.5 km) and Bhavgarh (1.6 km).

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

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