About Pal Village

Pal is a mid sized village in Vengurla tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,373, made up of 659 males and 714 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 657.78 hectares hectares.

Pal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Vengurla
Area (hectares)	657.78 hectares
Population	1,373
Male Population	659
Female Population	714
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pal compares

By the 2011 count Pal is the 11th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 884 residents. Its 657.78 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Pal

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

Pal lies about 28 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Sawantwadi Road, about 12 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 Pal
Tehsil headquarters	Vengurla	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Sawantwadi Road	12 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	18 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	28 km

Villages closest to Pal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pal village had a population of 1,373. That makes it the 11th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 884 residents.

Pal village has 659 males and 714 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pal has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Pal covers 657.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pal falls under Vengurla tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Pal is Sawantwadi Road, about 12 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 Pal.

Pal is about 28 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pal is in Vengurla tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Vengurla is about 5.5 km away. Sawantwadi Road is about 12 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.