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About Palashapokhari Village

Palashapokhari is a small village in Kendujhar Sadar tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 499, made up of 250 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palashapokhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palashapokhari village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Kendujhar Sadar
Pincode 758031
Area (hectares) 92 hectares
Population 499
Male Population 250
Female Population 249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 996
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palashapokhari compares

By the 2011 count Palashapokhari is the 111th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 760 residents. Its 92 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Palashapokhari

Palashapokhari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palashapokhari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Palashapokhari from other places

Palashapokhari lies about 14 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Goaldih, about 8.8 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 Palashapokhari
Nearest railway station Goaldih 8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kendujhar Sadar 14 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 14 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 14 km

Villages closest to Palashapokhari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kendujhar Sadar 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.

Common questions about Palashapokhari

As per the Census of India 2011, Palashapokhari village had a population of 499. That makes it the 111th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 760 residents.

Palashapokhari village has 250 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palashapokhari has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Palashapokhari is 758031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palashapokhari covers 92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palashapokhari falls under Kendujhar Sadar tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Palashapokhari is Goaldih, about 8.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palashapokhari.

Palashapokhari is about 14 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palashapokhari is in Kendujhar Sadar tehsil of Kendujhar district. Goaldih is about 8.8 km away. Kendujhar Sadar is about 14 km away. Kendujhar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaunrikala (under 2 km), Sendkap (1.6 km) and Upardiha (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Palashapokhari today is likely to be higher.

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