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About Palawa Village

Palawa is a large village in Mandawar tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,511, made up of 1,348 males and 1,163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 505 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301706, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palawa village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Mandawar
Pincode 301706
Area (hectares) 505 hectares
Population 2,511
Male Population 1,348
Female Population 1,163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palawa compares

By the 2011 count Palawa is the 18th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents. Its 505 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Palawa

Palawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palawa as Available within <5 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 Palawa from other places

Palawa lies about 30 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Dhigawara, about 4.2 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 Palawa
Nearest railway station Dhigawara 4.2 km
Nearest town Rājgarh 6.4 km
District headquarters Alwar 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandawar 33 km

Villages closest to Palawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palawa village had a population of 2,511. That makes it the 18th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents.

Palawa village has 1,348 males and 1,163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palawa has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Palawa is 301706. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palawa covers 505 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palawa falls under Mandawar tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Palawa is Dhigawara, about 4.2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Palawa.

Palawa is about 30 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palawa is in Mandawar tehsil of Alwar district. Dhigawara is about 4.2 km away. Rājgarh is about 6.4 km away. Alwar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Munpur (3.6 km), Manka (5.2 km) and Todarpur (10 km).

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

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