About Palahri Village

Palahri is a mid sized village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,205, made up of 600 males and 605 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palahri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palahri village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176200
Area (hectares)	398.29 hectares
Population	1,205
Male Population	600
Female Population	605
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palahri compares

By the 2011 count Palahri is the 22nd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 398.29 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Palahri

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

Palahri lies about 45 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 1.5 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 Palahri
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	5.6 km
Nearest town	Mamun	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	45 km

Villages closest to Palahri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palahri village had a population of 1,205. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Palahri village has 600 males and 605 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palahri has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Palahri is 176200. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palahri covers 398.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palahri falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palahri is Nurpur Road, about 1.5 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 Palahri.

Palahri is about 45 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palahri is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur Road is about 1.5 km away. Nurpur is about 5.6 km away. Mamun is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.