About Palhota Village

Palhota is a mid sized village in Sundarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,155, made up of 574 males and 581 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palhota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palhota village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Sundarnagar
Pincode	174401
Area (hectares)	142.01 hectares
Population	1,155
Male Population	574
Female Population	581
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palhota compares

By the 2011 count Palhota is the 18th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 549 residents. Its 142.01 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Palhota

Palhota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palhota as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Palhota from other places

Palhota lies about 20 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 51 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 Palhota
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarnagar	2.7 km
District headquarters	Mandi	20 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	51 km

Villages closest to Palhota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palhota village had a population of 1,155. That makes it the 18th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 549 residents.

Palhota village has 574 males and 581 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palhota has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Palhota is 174401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palhota covers 142.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Palhota falls under Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palhota is Summer Hill, about 51 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palhota.

Palhota is about 20 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palhota is in Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 2.7 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Summer Hill is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.