About Paliar Village

Paliar is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 207, made up of 95 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,179 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paliar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paliar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176030
Area (hectares)	156.58 hectares
Population	207
Male Population	95
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,179
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paliar compares

By the 2011 count Paliar is the 65th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 156.58 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1070.

Getting to Paliar

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

Paliar lies about 28 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 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 Paliar
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	4.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	23 km
District headquarters	Kangra	28 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	40 km

Villages closest to Paliar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paliar village had a population of 207. That makes it the 65th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Paliar village has 95 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paliar has about 1179 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Paliar is 176030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paliar covers 156.58 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.

Paliar falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Paliar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 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 Paliar.

Paliar is about 28 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paliar is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 4.9 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 23 km away. Kangra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.