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About Palhuni Village

Palhuni is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 74, made up of 36 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176083, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palhuni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palhuni village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176083
Area (hectares) 42.58 hectares
Population 74
Male Population 36
Female Population 38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,056
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palhuni compares

By the 2011 count Palhuni is the 335th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 42.58 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Palhuni

Palhuni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palhuni as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palhuni from other places

Palhuni lies about 9.6 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 3.3 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 Palhuni
Nearest railway station Nagrota 3.3 km
District headquarters Kangra 9.6 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Palampur 19 km

Villages closest to Palhuni

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.

Common questions about Palhuni

As per the Census of India 2011, Palhuni village had a population of 74. That makes it the 335th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Palhuni village has 36 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palhuni has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Palhuni is 176083. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palhuni covers 42.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Palhuni is Nagrota, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Palhuni.

Palhuni is about 9.6 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palhuni is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Nagrota is about 3.3 km away. Kangra is about 9.6 km away. Dharamsala is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rumehr (3.2 km), Simbal Khola (3.3 km) and Sunehr (3.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Palhuni today is likely to be higher.

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