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About Palye Village

Palye is a small village in Rajapur tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 275, made up of 134 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.48 hectares hectares.

Palye Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palye village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Rajapur
Area (hectares) 133.48 hectares
Population 275
Male Population 134
Female Population 141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,052
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palye compares

By the 2011 count Palye is the 188th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 133.48 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1229.

Getting to Palye

Palye is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Palye as Available within <5 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Padave, Pahiliwadi, Pajavewadi and Palasamkar T Wadi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Palye

As per the Census of India 2011, Palye village had a population of 275. That makes it the 188th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Palye village has 134 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palye has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1229.

Palye covers 133.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palye falls under Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Palye notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palye.

Palye is in Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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