About Palora Village

Palora is a mid sized village in Pauni tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,793, made up of 924 males and 869 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 599.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441908, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palora village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Pauni
Pincode	441908
Area (hectares)	599.52 hectares
Population	1,793
Male Population	924
Female Population	869
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palora compares

By the 2011 count Palora is the 15th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 986 residents. Its 599.52 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Palora

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

Palora lies about 36 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Bhuyar, about 19 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 Palora
Tehsil headquarters	Pauni	8.1 km
Nearest town	Pawni	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Bhuyar	19 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	36 km

Villages closest to Palora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palora village had a population of 1,793. That makes it the 15th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 986 residents.

Palora village has 924 males and 869 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palora has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Palora is 441908. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palora covers 599.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palora falls under Pauni tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palora is Bhuyar, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palora.

Palora is about 36 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palora is in Pauni tehsil of Bhandara district. Pauni is about 8.1 km away. Pawni is about 8.1 km away. Bhuyar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.