About Palashala Village

Palashala is a small village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 118 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173233, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palashala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palashala village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Rajgarh
Pincode	173233
Area (hectares)	93.92 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	118
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palashala compares

By the 2011 count Palashala is the 98th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 328 residents. Its 93.92 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Palashala

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

Palashala lies about 28 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 19 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 Palashala
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarh	10 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	19 km
Nearest town	Solan	22 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	28 km

Villages closest to Palashala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palashala village had a population of 224. That makes it the 98th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 328 residents.

Palashala village has 118 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palashala has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Palashala is 173233. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palashala covers 93.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palashala falls under Rajgarh tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palashala is Salogra, about 19 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 village for Palashala.

Palashala is about 28 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palashala is in Rajgarh tehsil of Sirmaur district. Rajgarh is about 10 km away. Salogra is about 19 km away. Solan is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.