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About Palat Village

Palat is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 25, made up of 9 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palat village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171201
Area (hectares) 32.96 hectares
Population 25
Male Population 9
Female Population 16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,778
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palat compares

By the 2011 count Palat is the 390th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 32.96 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 990.

Getting to Palat

Palat is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Palat as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Palat from other places

Palat lies about 24 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 Palat
Tehsil headquarters Theog 5.7 km
District headquarters Shimla 24 km

Villages closest to Palat

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

Common questions about Palat

As per the Census of India 2011, Palat village had a population of 25. That makes it the 390th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Palat village has 9 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palat has about 1778 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Palat is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palat covers 32.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palat falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Palat notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Palat.

Palat is about 24 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palat is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 5.7 km away. Shimla is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Durgaut (under 2 km), Karuth (under 2 km) and Basa Mahog (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Palat today is likely to be higher.

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