About Purani Palam Village

Purani Palam is a mid sized village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 676, made up of 338 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176061, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purani Palam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purani Palam village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176061
Area (hectares)	62.78 hectares
Population	676
Male Population	338
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purani Palam compares

By the 2011 count Purani Palam is the 73rd largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 62.78 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Purani Palam

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

How far is Purani Palam from other places

Purani Palam lies about 31 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 4.3 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 Purani Palam
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	4.3 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	29 km
District headquarters	Kangra	31 km

Villages closest to Purani Palam

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 Purani Palam

As per the Census of India 2011, Purani Palam village had a population of 676. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Purani Palam village has 338 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purani Palam has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Purani Palam is 176061. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purani Palam covers 62.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purani Palam falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purani Palam is Panchrukhi, about 4.3 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 village for Purani Palam.

Purani Palam is about 31 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purani Palam is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Palampur is about 4.1 km away. Panchrukhi is about 4.3 km away. Dharamsala is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.