About Palela Village

Palela is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 19, made up of 11 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 727 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176058, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palela village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Fatehpur
Pincode	176058
Area (hectares)	88.39 hectares
Population	19
Male Population	11
Female Population	8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	727
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palela compares

By the 2011 count Palela is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 88.39 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1006.

Getting to Palela

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

Palela lies about 52 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Mukerian, about 12 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 Palela
Nearest town	Mukeriān	11 km
Nearest railway station	Mukerian	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehpur	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	52 km

Villages closest to Palela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palela village had a population of 19. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Palela village has 11 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palela has about 727 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Palela is 176058. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palela covers 88.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palela falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palela is Mukerian, about 12 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 Palela.

Palela is about 52 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palela is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Mukeriān is about 11 km away. Mukerian is about 12 km away. Fatehpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.