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About Palma Village

Palma is a large village in Para tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,900, made up of 1,967 males and 1,933 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 755.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palma village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Para
Pincode 723126
Area (hectares) 755.88 hectares
Population 3,900
Male Population 1,967
Female Population 1,933
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 983
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palma compares

By the 2011 count Palma is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,430 residents. Its 755.88 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Palma

The census records public bus service for Palma as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Manipur, Mapuidi, Nadiha and Pabra. 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 Palma

As per the Census of India 2011, Palma village had a population of 3,900. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,430 residents.

Palma village has 1,967 males and 1,933 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palma has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Palma is 723126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palma covers 755.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palma falls under Para tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Palma.

Palma is in Para tehsil of Puruliya 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 Palma today is likely to be higher.

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