About Palan Pulan Village

Palan Pulan is a mid sized village in Brahmaur tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,071, made up of 580 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 755.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palan Pulan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palan Pulan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Brahmaur
Pincode	176324
Area (hectares)	755.96 hectares
Population	1,071
Male Population	580
Female Population	491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palan Pulan compares

By the 2011 count Palan Pulan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 500 residents. Its 755.96 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Palan Pulan

Palan Pulan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palan Pulan as Available within village. 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 Palan Pulan from other places

Palan Pulan lies about 34 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 45 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 Palan Pulan
Tehsil headquarters	Brahmaur	8.5 km
District headquarters	Chamba	34 km
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	45 km

Villages closest to Palan Pulan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Brahmaur 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 Palan Pulan

As per the Census of India 2011, Palan Pulan village had a population of 1,071. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 500 residents.

Palan Pulan village has 580 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palan Pulan has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Palan Pulan is 176324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palan Pulan covers 755.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palan Pulan falls under Brahmaur tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palan Pulan is Chamunda Marg, about 45 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Palan Pulan.

Palan Pulan is about 34 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palan Pulan is in Brahmaur tehsil of Chamba district. Brahmaur is about 8.5 km away. Chamba is about 34 km away. Chamunda Marg is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.