About Palanghati Village

Palanghati is a mid sized village in Ghatgaon tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 977, made up of 466 males and 511 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palanghati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palanghati village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Tehsil	Ghatgaon
Pincode	758029
Area (hectares)	419 hectares
Population	977
Male Population	466
Female Population	511
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,097
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palanghati compares

By the 2011 count Palanghati is the 38th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 419 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Palanghati

Palanghati is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palanghati as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Palanghati from other places

Palanghati lies about 38 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Sitabinji, about 17 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 Palanghati
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatgaon	16 km
Nearest railway station	Sitabinji	17 km
Nearest town	Karanjiā	26 km
District headquarters	Kendujhar	38 km

Villages closest to Palanghati

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palanghati village had a population of 977. That makes it the 38th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Palanghati village has 466 males and 511 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palanghati has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Palanghati is 758029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palanghati covers 419 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palanghati falls under Ghatgaon tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Palanghati is Sitabinji, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Palanghati.

Palanghati is about 38 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palanghati is in Ghatgaon tehsil of Kendujhar district. Ghatgaon is about 16 km away. Sitabinji is about 17 km away. Karanjiā is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.