About Palog Village

Palog is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 252, made up of 125 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palog village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173208
Area (hectares)	140.73 hectares
Population	252
Male Population	125
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palog compares

By the 2011 count Palog is the 54th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 140.73 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Palog

Palog is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palog as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Palog from other places

Palog lies about 47 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 27 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 Palog
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	27 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	31 km
District headquarters	Solan	47 km

Villages closest to Palog

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palog village had a population of 252. That makes it the 54th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Palog village has 125 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palog has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Palog is 173208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palog covers 140.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palog falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palog is Kiratpur Sahib, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palog.

Palog is about 47 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palog is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about 18 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 27 km away. Sundarnagar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.