About Palaidanga Village

Palaidanga is a mid sized village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 693, made up of 347 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palaidanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palaidanga village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sankrail
Pincode	721507
Area (hectares)	119.6 hectares
Population	693
Male Population	347
Female Population	346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palaidanga compares

By the 2011 count Palaidanga is the 39th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 119.6 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 993.

Getting to Palaidanga

Palaidanga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palaidanga as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Palaidanga from other places

Palaidanga lies about 93 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Kavi Nazrul, about 4.1 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 Palaidanga
Nearest railway station	Kavi Nazrul	4.1 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankrail	19 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	93 km

Villages closest to Palaidanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palaidanga village had a population of 693. That makes it the 39th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Palaidanga village has 347 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palaidanga has about 997 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 993.

The pincode recorded for Palaidanga is 721507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palaidanga covers 119.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palaidanga falls under Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Palaidanga is Kavi Nazrul, about 4.1 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 village for Palaidanga.

Palaidanga is about 93 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palaidanga is in Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Kavi Nazrul is about 4.1 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 7.4 km away. Sankrail is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.