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About Palethni Village

Palethni is a mid sized village in Malthon tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 637, made up of 329 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.68 hectares hectares.

Palethni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palethni village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Malthon
Area (hectares) 358.68 hectares
Population 637
Male Population 329
Female Population 308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palethni compares

By the 2011 count Palethni is the 88th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 866 residents. Its 358.68 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Palethni

Palethni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palethni as Available within <5 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 Palethni from other places

Palethni lies about 47 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Relwai Stesan, about 30 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 Palethni
Tehsil headquarters Malthon 8.9 km
Nearest railway station Relwai Stesan 30 km
Nearest town Khurai 32 km
District headquarters Sagar 47 km

Villages closest to Palethni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palethni village had a population of 637. That makes it the 88th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 866 residents.

Palethni village has 329 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palethni has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 895.

Palethni covers 358.68 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.

Palethni falls under Malthon tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palethni is Relwai Stesan, about 30 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 village for Palethni.

Palethni is about 47 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palethni is in Malthon tehsil of Sagar district. Malthon is about 8.9 km away. Relwai Stesan is about 30 km away. Khurai is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhimrai (under 2 km), Dabedera (1.5 km) and Barodiya Chandrapur (2.5 km).

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

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