About Palvi Village

Palvi is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 436, made up of 210 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palvi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palvi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	191.95 hectares
Population	436
Male Population	210
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,076
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palvi compares

By the 2011 count Palvi is the 27th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 191.95 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Palvi

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

Palvi lies about 19 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 Palvi
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	9.8 km
District headquarters	Shimla	19 km

Villages closest to Palvi

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.

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Common questions about Palvi

As per the Census of India 2011, Palvi village had a population of 436. That makes it the 27th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Palvi village has 210 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palvi has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Palvi is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palvi covers 191.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Palvi 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 Palvi.

Palvi is about 19 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palvi is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 9.8 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.