Palra is a village of Bangra Block, Mau Ranipur Tehsil,
Jhansi district, in the state of
Uttar Pradesh
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. It is located in the Bangra block of Jhansi. Bangara is 50 km from the district headquarters, namely,
Jhansi
Jhansi ( ) is a historic city in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. (Toshan) Balwant Nagar was the old name of Jhansi. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand, on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme ...
on NH-76. The village of Palra is located 3 km to the north. The predominant
caste
A caste is a Essentialism, fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system, individuals are expected to marry exclusively within the same caste (en ...
is
Thakur.
Kuswaha and
Dhobi
Dhobi known in some places as Dhoba, Rajaka, a Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, scheduled caste in India and the greater Indian subcontinent whose traditional occupations are Clothes washing, washing, ironing, and Farmworker, agricultur ...
are the other major groups who reside here. From palra village there is famous historical temple GAIRAHA TEMPLE which is coming under ASI and good place to see.
Demographics
As of the 2021 Census, the population of this village was 4801, including 2588 males and 2213 females. Palra is also a gram panchayat and nayay panchayat. Currently, Gram pradhan is Mohan kushwaha . palra is one of the biggest gram panchayat of bangara block after magarpur and it has 2 BDC seats for kheshtra panchayat bangara.
Overview
Transit is available for travel from Bangara to Palra. Taxis and Autos Maruthi are available. Bangra is well connected by bus from Jhansi and Mauranipur.
There is a branch post office located in Palra.
Its pincode is 284205.
Punjab National Bank
Punjab National Bank alias PNB is an Public sector banks in India, Indian government bank based in New Delhi. It was founded in May 1894 and is the List of banks in India, second-largest public sector bank in India in terms of its business volum ...
has a branch in the Bangra which is a block headquarters near palra.
Nearest ATM is in Bangra (PNB) 3 km and in Mauranipur (SBI) 18 km
References
Villages in Jhansi district
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