About Palakharu Village

Palakharu is a small village in Baroh tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 130 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palakharu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palakharu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baroh
Pincode	176056
Area (hectares)	122.12 hectares
Population	243
Male Population	130
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palakharu compares

By the 2011 count Palakharu is the 27th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 159 residents. Its 122.12 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1091.

Getting to Palakharu

Palakharu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palakharu 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palakharu from other places

Palakharu lies about 41 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 7.6 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 Palakharu
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baroh	12 km
Nearest town	Mamun	21 km
District headquarters	Kangra	41 km

Villages closest to Palakharu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palakharu village had a population of 243. That makes it the 27th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 159 residents.

Palakharu village has 130 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palakharu has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Palakharu is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palakharu covers 122.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palakharu falls under Baroh tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palakharu is Nurpur Road, about 7.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Palakharu.

Palakharu is about 41 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palakharu is in Baroh tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur Road is about 7.6 km away. Baroh is about 12 km away. Mamun is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.