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About Palshya Village

Palshya is a small village in Chikhaldara tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 237 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504.78 hectares hectares.

Palshya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palshya village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Chikhaldara
Area (hectares) 504.78 hectares
Population 477
Male Population 237
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palshya compares

By the 2011 count Palshya is the 97th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 718 residents. Its 504.78 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Palshya

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

Palshya lies about 81 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Achalpur, about 40 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 Palshya
Tehsil headquarters Chikhaldara 34 km
Nearest railway station Achalpur 40 km
District headquarters Amravati 81 km

Villages closest to Palshya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palshya village had a population of 477. That makes it the 97th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 718 residents.

Palshya village has 237 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palshya has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

Palshya covers 504.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palshya falls under Chikhaldara tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palshya is Achalpur, about 40 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palshya.

Palshya is about 81 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palshya is in Chikhaldara tehsil of Amravati district. Chikhaldara is about 34 km away. Achalpur is about 40 km away. Amravati is about 81 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dahendri (1.7 km), Bhandora (2.7 km) and Kotmi (3.0 km).

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

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