About Palra Village

Palra is a mid sized village in Bhim tehsil, in the district of Rajsamand, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,510, made up of 768 males and 742 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 631.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 305921, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palra village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Rajsamand
Tehsil	Bhim
Pincode	305921
Area (hectares)	631.11 hectares
Population	1,510
Male Population	768
Female Population	742
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palra compares

By the 2011 count Palra is the 39th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 631.11 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 978.

Getting to Palra

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

Palra lies about 80 km from Rajsamand, and the nearest railway station is Goram Ghat, about 31 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 Palra
Tehsil headquarters	Bhim	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Goram Ghat	31 km
Nearest town	Beāwar	42 km
District headquarters	Rajsamand	80 km

Villages closest to Palra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palra village had a population of 1,510. That makes it the 39th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Palra village has 768 males and 742 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palra has about 966 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 978.

The pincode recorded for Palra is 305921. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palra covers 631.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palra falls under Bhim tehsil of Rajsamand district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Palra is Goram Ghat, about 31 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 Palra.

Palra is about 80 km from Rajsamand in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palra is in Bhim tehsil of Rajsamand district. Bhim is about 7.2 km away. Goram Ghat is about 31 km away. Beāwar is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.