About Palka Village

Palka is a large village in Nagar tehsil, in the district of Bharatpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,769, made up of 1,452 males and 1,317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 838.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 321024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palka village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Bharatpur
Tehsil	Nagar
Pincode	321024
Area (hectares)	838.82 hectares
Population	2,769
Male Population	1,452
Female Population	1,317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palka compares

By the 2011 count Palka is the 15th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents. Its 838.82 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Palka

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

Palka lies about 50 km from Bharatpur, and the nearest railway station is Jhareda, about 8.9 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 Palka
Nearest railway station	Jhareda	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagar	10 km
District headquarters	Bharatpur	50 km

Villages closest to Palka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palka village had a population of 2,769. That makes it the 15th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents.

Palka village has 1,452 males and 1,317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palka has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Palka is 321024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palka covers 838.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palka falls under Nagar tehsil of Bharatpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Palka is Jhareda, about 8.9 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 village for Palka.

Palka is about 50 km from Bharatpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palka is in Nagar tehsil of Bharatpur district. Jhareda is about 8.9 km away. Nagar is about 10 km away. Bharatpur is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.