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About Palia Kalan Village

Palia Kalan is a small village in Mahmudabad tehsil, in the district of Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 347, made up of 190 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.46 hectares hectares.

Palia Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palia Kalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sitapur
Tehsil Mahmudabad
Area (hectares) 85.46 hectares
Population 347
Male Population 190
Female Population 157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 826
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palia Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Palia Kalan is the 305th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,542 residents. Its 85.46 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 888.

Getting to Palia Kalan

Palia Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palia Kalan 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palia Kalan from other places

Palia Kalan lies about 56 km from Sitapur, and the nearest railway station is Mahmudabad Avadh, about 6.9 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 Palia Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Mahmudabad 6.5 km
Nearest town Mahmudābād 6.5 km
Nearest railway station Mahmudabad Avadh 6.9 km
District headquarters Sitapur 56 km

Villages closest to Palia Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mahmudabad 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 Palia Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Palia Kalan village had a population of 347. That makes it the 305th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,542 residents.

Palia Kalan village has 190 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palia Kalan has about 826 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Palia Kalan covers 85.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palia Kalan falls under Mahmudabad tehsil of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palia Kalan is Mahmudabad Avadh, about 6.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Palia Kalan.

Palia Kalan is about 56 km from Sitapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palia Kalan is in Mahmudabad tehsil of Sitapur district. Mahmudabad is about 6.5 km away. Mahmudābād is about 6.5 km away. Mahmudabad Avadh is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandanpur (under 2 km), Agaiya (under 2 km) and Lail Khurd (1.6 km).

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

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