About Palchan Village

Palchan is a mid sized village in Manali tehsil, in the district of Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,241, made up of 674 males and 567 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palchan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palchan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kullu
Tehsil	Manali
Pincode	175131
Area (hectares)	176.81 hectares
Population	1,241
Male Population	674
Female Population	567
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palchan compares

By the 2011 count Palchan is the 10th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 622 residents. Its 176.81 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Palchan

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

Palchan lies about 40 km from Kullu, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 44 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 Palchan
Tehsil headquarters	Manali	5.8 km
District headquarters	Kullu	40 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	44 km
Nearest town	Mandi	70 km

Villages closest to Palchan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palchan village had a population of 1,241. That makes it the 10th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 622 residents.

Palchan village has 674 males and 567 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palchan has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Palchan is 175131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palchan covers 176.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Palchan falls under Manali tehsil of Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palchan is Zero Point, about 44 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 Palchan.

Palchan is about 40 km from Kullu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palchan is in Manali tehsil of Kullu district. Manali is about 5.8 km away. Kullu is about 40 km away. Zero Point is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.