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About Palanda Village

Palanda is a small village in Sagardighi tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 217 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palanda village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Sagardighi
Pincode 742122
Area (hectares) 258 hectares
Population 435
Male Population 217
Female Population 218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palanda compares

By the 2011 count Palanda is the 138th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents. Its 258 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Palanda

Palanda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palanda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Narasinghapur, Nispibiral, Nurpur and Olahar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Palanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Palanda village had a population of 435. That makes it the 138th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents.

Palanda village has 217 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palanda has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Palanda is 742122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palanda covers 258 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palanda falls under Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The census record for Palanda notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palanda.

Palanda is in Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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