About Palapur Village

Palapur is a mid sized village in Nilanga tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 270 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 482.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413521, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palapur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Tehsil	Nilanga
Pincode	413521
Area (hectares)	482.99 hectares
Population	544
Male Population	270
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palapur compares

By the 2011 count Palapur is the 122nd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents. Its 482.99 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 935.

Getting to Palapur

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

Palapur lies about 39 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Bhatangali, 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 Palapur
Tehsil headquarters	Nilanga	3.1 km
District headquarters	Latur	39 km
Nearest railway station	Bhatangali	40 km

Villages closest to Palapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palapur village had a population of 544. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents.

Palapur village has 270 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palapur has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Palapur is 413521. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palapur covers 482.99 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.

Palapur falls under Nilanga tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palapur is Bhatangali, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palapur.

Palapur is about 39 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palapur is in Nilanga tehsil of Latur district. Nilanga is about 3.1 km away. Latur is about 39 km away. Bhatangali is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.