About Palgi Khurd Village

Palgi Khurd is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 21, made up of 7 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,000 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 Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palgi Khurd village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	17 hectares
Population	21
Male Population	7
Female Population	14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	2,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palgi Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Palgi Khurd is the 461st 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 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Palgi Khurd

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

Palgi Khurd 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 Khurd
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km

Villages closest to Palgi Khurd

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 Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Palgi Khurd village had a population of 21. That makes it the 461st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Palgi Khurd village has 7 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palgi Khurd has about 2000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

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

Palgi Khurd covers 17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Palgi Khurd 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 Khurd.

Palgi Khurd 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 Khurd 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.