About Palingi Village

Palingi is a small village in Nichar tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 463, made up of 274 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 690 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palingi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palingi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kinnaur
Tehsil	Nichar
Pincode	172115
Area (hectares)	89.88 hectares
Population	463
Male Population	274
Female Population	189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	690
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palingi compares

By the 2011 count Palingi is the 22nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 326 residents. Its 89.88 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Palingi

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

Palingi lies about under 2 km from Kinnaur. 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 Palingi
Tehsil headquarters	Nichar	under 2 km
District headquarters	Kinnaur	under 2 km
Nearest town	Shimla	118 km

Villages closest to Palingi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palingi village had a population of 463. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 326 residents.

Palingi village has 274 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palingi has about 690 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Palingi is 172115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palingi covers 89.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palingi falls under Nichar tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Palingi notes the nearest railway station 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 Palingi.

Palingi is about under 2 km from Kinnaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palingi is in Nichar tehsil of Kinnaur district. Nichar is about under 2 km away. Kinnaur is about under 2 km away. Shimla is about 118 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.