About Palkheda Village

Palkheda is a mid sized village in Goregaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 846, made up of 438 males and 408 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 678.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441807, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palkheda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Goregaon
Pincode	441807
Area (hectares)	678.75 hectares
Population	846
Male Population	438
Female Population	408
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palkheda compares

By the 2011 count Palkheda is the 56th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 678.75 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 1009.

Getting to Palkheda

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

Palkheda lies about 24 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Gongle, about 12 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 Palkheda
Nearest railway station	Gongle	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goregaon	12 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	24 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	24 km

Villages closest to Palkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palkheda village had a population of 846. That makes it the 56th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Palkheda village has 438 males and 408 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palkheda has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Palkheda is 441807. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palkheda covers 678.75 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.

Palkheda falls under Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palkheda is Gongle, about 12 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 Palkheda.

Palkheda is about 24 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palkheda is in Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Gongle is about 12 km away. Goregaon is about 12 km away. Gondiya is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.