About Palye Village

Palye is a small village in Dodamarg tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 474, made up of 231 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 722.78 hectares hectares.

Palye Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palye village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Dodamarg
Area (hectares)	722.78 hectares
Population	474
Male Population	231
Female Population	243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
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 33rd largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 722.78 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1040.

Getting to Palye

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

Palye lies about 22 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Thivim, about 26 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 Palye
Tehsil headquarters	Dodamarg	15 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	22 km
Nearest railway station	Thivim	26 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	29 km

Villages closest to Palye

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palye village had a population of 474. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Palye village has 231 males and 243 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1040.

Palye covers 722.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palye falls under Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palye is Thivim, about 26 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 Palye.

Palye is about 22 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palye is in Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Dodamarg is about 15 km away. Sindhudurg is about 22 km away. Thivim is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.