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About Palhanpur Village

Palhanpur is a mid sized village in Unchahara tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 703, made up of 380 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.19 hectares hectares.

Palhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palhanpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Unchahara
Area (hectares) 120.19 hectares
Population 703
Male Population 380
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Palhanpur is the 75th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 120.19 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Palhanpur

Palhanpur 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 Palhanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palhanpur from other places

Palhanpur lies about 21 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Unchhera, about 1.8 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 Palhanpur
Nearest railway station Unchhera 1.8 km
Nearest town Maihar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Unchahara 21 km
District headquarters Satna 21 km

Villages closest to Palhanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palhanpur village had a population of 703. That makes it the 75th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Palhanpur village has 380 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palhanpur has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Palhanpur covers 120.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palhanpur falls under Unchahara tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palhanpur is Unchhera, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Palhanpur.

Palhanpur is about 21 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palhanpur is in Unchahara tehsil of Satna district. Unchhera is about 1.8 km away. Maihar is about 15 km away. Unchahara is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bijahara (1.7 km), Majhakpa (2.1 km) and Akahi (2.1 km).

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

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