About Palaid Village

Palaid is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 83 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176092, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palaid Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palaid village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176092
Area (hectares)	55.74 hectares
Population	175
Male Population	83
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,108
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palaid compares

By the 2011 count Palaid is the 288th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 55.74 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Palaid

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

Palaid lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 10 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 Palaid
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	17 km
District headquarters	Kangra	24 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	31 km

Villages closest to Palaid

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 Palaid

As per the Census of India 2011, Palaid village had a population of 175. That makes it the 288th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Palaid village has 83 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palaid has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Palaid is 176092. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palaid covers 55.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Palaid is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 10 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 Palaid.

Palaid is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palaid is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 10 km away. Palampur is about 17 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.