About Palat Village

Palat is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 16 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,312 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176094, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palat village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176094
Area (hectares)	57.95 hectares
Population	37
Male Population	16
Female Population	21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,312
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palat compares

By the 2011 count Palat is the 198th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 57.95 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Palat

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

Palat lies about 57 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 16 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 Palat
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	20 km
Nearest town	Mandi	20 km
District headquarters	Kangra	57 km

Villages closest to Palat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palat village had a population of 37. That makes it the 198th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Palat village has 16 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palat has about 1312 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Palat is 176094. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palat covers 57.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palat falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palat is Buffer Stop, about 16 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 Palat.

Palat is about 57 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palat is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Buffer Stop is about 16 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 20 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.