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About Palech Village

Palech is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 95 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palech Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palech village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kandaghat
Pincode 173215
Area (hectares) 99.36 hectares
Population 184
Male Population 95
Female Population 89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 937
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palech compares

By the 2011 count Palech is the 63rd largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 99.36 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Palech

Palech is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Palech 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palech from other places

Palech lies about 22 km from Solan, 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 Palech
Nearest railway station Salogra 19 km
District headquarters Solan 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandaghat 22 km

Villages closest to Palech

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palech village had a population of 184. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Palech village has 95 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palech has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Palech is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palech covers 99.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palech falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palech is Salogra, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Palech.

Palech is about 22 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

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

The closest recorded villages are Chandoli (under 2 km), Pajarli (6.3 km) and Dhangeel (6.5 km).

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

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