About Palka Village

Palka is a small village in Lakhnadon tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 407, made up of 209 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 339.89 hectares hectares.

Palka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Seoni
Tehsil	Lakhnadon
Area (hectares)	339.89 hectares
Population	407
Male Population	209
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palka compares

By the 2011 count Palka is the 191st largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 339.89 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Palka

Palka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palka as Available within 5 - 10 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 Palka from other places

Palka lies about 54 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Binaiki, about 39 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 Palka
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhnadon	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Binaiki	39 km
Nearest town	Gotegaon	51 km
District headquarters	Seoni	54 km

Villages closest to Palka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palka village had a population of 407. That makes it the 191st largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Palka village has 209 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palka has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Palka covers 339.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palka falls under Lakhnadon tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palka is Binaiki, about 39 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Palka.

Palka is about 54 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palka is in Lakhnadon tehsil of Seoni district. Lakhnadon is about 5.5 km away. Binaiki is about 39 km away. Gotegaon is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.