About Palewada Village

Palewada is a mid sized village in Goregaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,249, made up of 591 males and 658 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1169.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441807, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palewada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palewada village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Goregaon
Pincode	441807
Area (hectares)	1169.33 hectares
Population	1,249
Male Population	591
Female Population	658
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,113
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palewada compares

By the 2011 count Palewada is the 41st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 1169.33 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Palewada

Palewada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palewada 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palewada from other places

Palewada lies about 19 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Hirdamali, about 6.4 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 Palewada
Nearest railway station	Hirdamali	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goregaon	6.8 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	19 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	19 km

Villages closest to Palewada

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 Palewada

As per the Census of India 2011, Palewada village had a population of 1,249. That makes it the 41st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Palewada village has 591 males and 658 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palewada has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

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

Palewada covers 1169.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palewada falls under Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palewada is Hirdamali, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Palewada is about 19 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palewada is in Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Hirdamali is about 6.4 km away. Goregaon is about 6.8 km away. Gondiya is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.