About Palan Village

Palan is a mid sized village in Mohammad Bazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,567, made up of 819 males and 748 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palan village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Mohammad Bazar
Pincode	731127
Area (hectares)	292.85 hectares
Population	1,567
Male Population	819
Female Population	748
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palan compares

By the 2011 count Palan is the 39th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents. Its 292.85 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Palan

Palan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palan from other places

Palan lies about 28 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Gadadharpur, about 16 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 Palan
Nearest railway station	Gadadharpur	16 km
Nearest town	Siuri	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohammad Bazar	28 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	28 km

Villages closest to Palan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohammad Bazar 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 Palan

As per the Census of India 2011, Palan village had a population of 1,567. That makes it the 39th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents.

Palan village has 819 males and 748 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palan has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Palan is 731127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palan covers 292.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palan falls under Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Palan is Gadadharpur, about 16 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Palan.

Palan is about 28 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palan is in Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Gadadharpur is about 16 km away. Siuri is about 19 km away. Mohammad Bazar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.