About Palaskhel Village

Palaskhel is a mid sized village in Atpadi tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,310, made up of 650 males and 660 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1496.83 hectares hectares.

Palaskhel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palaskhel village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Tehsil	Atpadi
Area (hectares)	1496.83 hectares
Population	1,310
Male Population	650
Female Population	660
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palaskhel compares

By the 2011 count Palaskhel is the 35th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,318 residents. Its 1496.83 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Palaskhel

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

Palaskhel lies about 81 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Wasud, about 31 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 Palaskhel
Tehsil headquarters	Atpadi	11 km
Nearest town	Mhaswad	18 km
Nearest railway station	Wasud	31 km
District headquarters	Sangli	81 km

Villages closest to Palaskhel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palaskhel village had a population of 1,310. That makes it the 35th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,318 residents.

Palaskhel village has 650 males and 660 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palaskhel has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1021.

Palaskhel covers 1496.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palaskhel falls under Atpadi tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palaskhel is Wasud, about 31 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 Palaskhel.

Palaskhel is about 81 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palaskhel is in Atpadi tehsil of Sangli district. Atpadi is about 11 km away. Mhaswad is about 18 km away. Wasud is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.