About Palanka Village

Palanka is a large village in Brahmagiri tehsil, in the district of Puri, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,234, made up of 1,110 males and 1,124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 517 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 752011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palanka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palanka village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Puri
Tehsil	Brahmagiri
Pincode	752011
Area (hectares)	517 hectares
Population	2,234
Male Population	1,110
Female Population	1,124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palanka compares

By the 2011 count Palanka is the 5th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 517 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Palanka

Palanka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palanka as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Nalakudi, Naragariamatha, Niajpur and Nijigadakokal. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Palanka

As per the Census of India 2011, Palanka village had a population of 2,234. That makes it the 5th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Palanka village has 1,110 males and 1,124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palanka has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Palanka is 752011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palanka covers 517 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palanka falls under Brahmagiri tehsil of Puri district in Odisha.

The census record for Palanka notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Palanka.

Palanka is in Brahmagiri tehsil of Puri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.