About Palgi Kalan Village

Palgi Kalan is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 25 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,240 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palgi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palgi Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	17 hectares
Population	56
Male Population	25
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,240
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palgi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Palgi Kalan is the 357th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 17 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Palgi Kalan

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

Palgi Kalan lies about 12 km from Shimla. 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 Palgi Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km

Villages closest to Palgi Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Palgi Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Palgi Kalan village had a population of 56. That makes it the 357th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Palgi Kalan village has 25 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palgi Kalan has about 1240 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Palgi Kalan is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palgi Kalan covers 17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palgi Kalan falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Palgi Kalan 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 Palgi Kalan.

Palgi Kalan is about 12 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palgi Kalan is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.