About Palahi Village

Palahi is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 52, made up of 28 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176066, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palahi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176066
Area (hectares)	39.42 hectares
Population	52
Male Population	28
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palahi compares

By the 2011 count Palahi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 39.42 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1107.

Getting to Palahi

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

Palahi lies about 27 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 19 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 Palahi
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	19 km
District headquarters	Kangra	27 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	38 km

Villages closest to Palahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palahi village had a population of 52. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Palahi village has 28 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palahi has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Palahi is 176066. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palahi covers 39.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palahi falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palahi is Jawalamukhi Road, about 19 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 Palahi.

Palahi is about 27 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palahi is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 5.3 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 19 km away. Kangra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.