About Palu Village

Palu is a small village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 225, made up of 101 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,228 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Rajgarh
Pincode	173101
Area (hectares)	160 hectares
Population	225
Male Population	101
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,228
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palu compares

By the 2011 count Palu is the 97th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 328 residents. Its 160 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 946.

Getting to Palu

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

Palu lies about 24 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 Palu
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarh	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	19 km
Nearest town	Solan	21 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	24 km

Villages closest to Palu

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 Palu

As per the Census of India 2011, Palu village had a population of 225. That makes it the 97th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 328 residents.

Palu village has 101 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palu has about 1228 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Palu is 173101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palu covers 160 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Palu 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 Palu.

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

Palu is in Rajgarh tehsil of Sirmaur district. Rajgarh is about 5.5 km away. Salogra is about 19 km away. Solan is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.