About Palahu Village

Palahu is a mid sized village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 910, made up of 461 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palahu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palahu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176103
Area (hectares)	160.9 hectares
Population	910
Male Population	461
Female Population	449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Palahu compares

By the 2011 count Palahu is the 37th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 160.9 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Palahu

Palahu is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Palahu 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palahu from other places

Palahu lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Patti Rajpura, about 1.7 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 Palahu
Nearest railway station	Patti Rajpura	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	4.1 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km

Villages closest to Palahu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palahu village had a population of 910. That makes it the 37th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Palahu village has 461 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palahu has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Palahu is 176103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palahu covers 160.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palahu falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palahu is Patti Rajpura, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Palahu.

Palahu is about 26 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palahu is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Patti Rajpura is about 1.7 km away. Palampur is about 4.1 km away. Dharamsala is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.