Palera Tehsil - Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh

Palera is an administrative tehsil in the Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and forms part of the district's rural administration. The nearest railway station is situated at Mau Ranipur, while the nearest airport is Khajuraho Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 67.6 km.

According to the 2011 Census, the total area of the tehsil was 826 km², including 799.95 km² of rural area and 25.83 km² of urban area. The sex ratio was 907 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Palera Tehsil

Palera Tehsil has a total of 103 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Ajokhar	Rural	Para
2	Alampura Khas	Rural	Alampura
3	Alampura Ugad	Rural	Alampura
4	Allpur	Rural	Khargupura
5	Alopa	Rural	Guda Najdeek Pali
6	Atrar	Rural	Baidri
7	Baidri	Rural	Baidri
8	Bakhatpura	Rural	Bakhat Pura
9	Bamhaurikalan	Rural	Bamhouri Kala
10	Bamhoriya	Rural	Bakhat Pura
11	Banne Bujurg	Rural	Banne Bujurg
12	Banne Khurd	Rural	Banne Bujurg
13	Barana(Thar)	Rural	Barana
14	Barkachhar	Rural	Niboura
15	Basat Guwan	Rural	Chari
16	Bela	Rural	Bela
17	Bhadarra	Rural	Dantgora
18	Bhagwant Nagar	Rural	Para
19	Bhatgora	Rural	Phoolpur
20	Budaur	Rural	Boodour
21	Charee	Rural	Chari
22	Chhevla	Rural	Khera
23	Chhidara	Rural	Pureniya
24	Chor Tanga	Rural	Lahar Bujurg
25	Dadpura	Rural	Dinau
26	Dantgora Khas	Rural	Dantgora
27	Dantgora Ugad	Rural	Dantgora
28	Dardora	Rural	Kachora Khas
29	Dharam Sagar	Rural	Barana
30	Dharampura	Rural	Ratwas
31	Dinau	Rural	Dinau
32	Etaile	Rural	Itayali
33	Gadari	Rural	Gadari
34	Gandharvgang	Rural	Teelanereni
35	Ghoorakhas	Rural	Ghoora Khas
36	Ghooratal	Rural	Ghoora Khas
37	Ghutkada Sanjayanagar	Rural	Gova
38	Gona	Rural	Gouna
39	Gowa	Rural	Gova
40	Guda Najdik Pali	Rural	Guda Najdeek Pali
41	Hanota	Rural	Hanouta
42	Jaraya	Rural	Niboura
43	Jawaharpura	Rural	Gadari
44	Jitkora	Rural	Niboura
45	Kachhaua Ugad	Rural	Kachora Khas
46	Kachhaura Khas	Rural	Kachora Khas
47	Kakanpura	Rural	Khargupura
48	Kalra	Rural	Kalra
49	Kanera	Rural	Kanera
50	Kanjana	Rural	Kanjna
51	Kapasi	Rural	Kapasi
52	Karaula	Rural	Karoula
53	Karrai	Rural	Banne Bujurg
54	Khajree	Rural	Khajri
55	Khargoopura	Rural	Khargupura
56	Khera	Rural	Khera
57	Khumanganj	Rural	Tapariyan Chouhan
58	Kishunpura	Rural	Dantgora
59	Kotra Khera	Rural	Boodour
60	Kubari	Rural	Hanouta
61	Kudyala	Rural	Kudyala
62	Lahar Bujurg	Rural	Lahar Bujurg
63	Laroun	Rural	Laron
64	Lidhora Naj. Tori	Rural	Tori
65	Madahar	Rural	Laron
66	Magrai	Rural	Magrai
67	Mahendra Maheva	Rural	Mahendra Maheba
68	Majra Kutin	Rural	Gouna
69	Mallpura	Rural	Ratwas
70	Maloopura	Rural	Baidri
71	Mawai	Rural	Mabai
72	Morramanna	Rural	Guda Najdeek Pali
73	Murrah Bandh	Rural	Hanouta
74	Murraha Baba	Rural	Nayagaon
75	Nautachak	Rural	Baidri
76	Nayagaon	Rural	Nayagaon
77	Nibora	Rural	Niboura
78	Paduwa	Rural	Hanouta
79	Palera	Unmapped	Not applicable
80	Palerahar	Unmapped	Not applicable
81	Pali	Rural	Pali
82	Para	Rural	Para
83	Partap Nagar	Rural	Kalra
84	Phoolpur	Rural	Phoolpur
85	Prempura	Rural	Prempura
86	Pureniya	Rural	Pureniya
87	Purshotampura	Rural	Prempura
88	Rajpura	Rural	Rampura
89	Ramnagar Bujurg	Rural	Ramnagar Bujurg
90	Ramnagar Ugad	Rural	Pureniya
91	Rampura Urf Nivawari	Rural	Rampura
92	Ratanguwan	Rural	Guda Najdeek Pali
93	Ratwas	Rural	Ratwas
94	Saipura	Rural	Saipura
95	Satwara	Rural	Bakhat Pura
96	Simra Khurd	Rural	Simra Khurd
97	Tapriyan Chauhan	Rural	Tapariyan Chouhan
98	Teela Nareni	Rural	Teelanereni
99	Thar	Rural	Kudyala
100	Touriya Khas	Rural	Touriya Khas
101	Touriya Ugad	Rural	Touriya Khas
102	Toury	Rural	Tori
103	Vijaypur	Rural	Khera

Population of Palera Tehsil

According to the 2011 Census, Palera Tehsil had a total population of 2,13,540 people living in 41,616 households. The population comprised 1,11,981 males and 1,01,559 females, with an average population density of 259 people per km². The table below provides a rural-urban comparison of these statistics.

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	2,13,540	1,96,047	17,493
Male Population	1,11,981	1,02,888	9,093
Female Population	1,01,559	93,159	8,400
Total Households	41,616	38,391	3,225
Population Density	259 / km²	245 / km²	677 / km²

Palera Tehsil had 1,09,184 literate people and 34,732 children in the 0–6 age group. Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) populations were 64,631 and 10,059 respectively. The table below presents their rural and urban distribution.

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	34,732	32,087	2,645
Literate Population	1,09,184	98,950	10,234
Illiterate Population	1,04,356	97,097	7,259
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	64,631	58,747	5,884
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	10,059	9,274	785

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Palera (पलेरा)
District	Tikamgarh
State / UT	Madhya Pradesh
Railway Station	Mau Ranipur
Total Area	826 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	907
Total Population (2011)	2,13,540
Density	259/km²
Total Villages	103

Nearby Tehsils in Tikamgarh
Badagaon (Dhasan)	Baldeogarh
Dighora	Jatara
Khargapur	Lidhora
Mohangarh	Tikamgarh