About Palana Village

Palana is a mid sized village in Karanja tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 977, made up of 502 males and 475 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 686.33 hectares hectares.

Palana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palana village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Karanja
Area (hectares)	686.33 hectares
Population	977
Male Population	502
Female Population	475
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palana compares

By the 2011 count Palana is the 58th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents. Its 686.33 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Palana

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

Palana lies about 59 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Vilegaon, about 3.5 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 Palana
Nearest railway station	Vilegaon	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karanja	13 km
Nearest town	Kāranja	13 km
District headquarters	Washim	59 km

Villages closest to Palana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palana village had a population of 977. That makes it the 58th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents.

Palana village has 502 males and 475 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palana has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Palana covers 686.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palana falls under Karanja tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palana is Vilegaon, about 3.5 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 Palana.

Palana is about 59 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palana is in Karanja tehsil of Washim district. Vilegaon is about 3.5 km away. Karanja is about 13 km away. Kāranja is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.