About Paloti Village

Paloti is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 307, made up of 145 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,117 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paloti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paloti village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	176029
Area (hectares)	61.82 hectares
Population	307
Male Population	145
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,117
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Paloti compares

By the 2011 count Paloti is the 131st largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 61.82 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Paloti

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

Paloti lies about 14 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 5.8 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 Paloti
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	10 km
District headquarters	Kangra	14 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	29 km

Villages closest to Paloti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Paloti

As per the Census of India 2011, Paloti village had a population of 307. That makes it the 131st largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Paloti village has 145 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paloti has about 1117 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Paloti is 176029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paloti covers 61.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paloti falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Paloti is Jawalamukhi Road, about 5.8 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 Paloti.

Paloti is about 14 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paloti is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 5.8 km away. Dera Gopipur is about 10 km away. Kangra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.