About Palar Village

Palar is a mid sized village in Budgam tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,584, made up of 824 males and 760 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220.6 hectares hectares.

Palar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Budgam
Area (hectares)	220.6 hectares
Population	1,584
Male Population	824
Female Population	760
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Palar compares

By the 2011 count Palar is the 25th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents. Its 220.6 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Palar

Palar 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 Palar 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palar from other places

Palar lies about 1.8 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Badgam station, about 2.2 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 Palar
Tehsil headquarters	Budgam	1.8 km
District headquarters	Badgam	1.8 km
Nearest railway station	Badgam station	2.2 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	5.2 km

Villages closest to Palar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palar village had a population of 1,584. That makes it the 25th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents.

Palar village has 824 males and 760 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palar has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Palar covers 220.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Palar falls under Budgam tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Palar is Badgam station, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Palar is about 1.8 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palar is in Budgam tehsil of Badgam district. Budgam is about 1.8 km away. Badgam is about 1.8 km away. Badgam station is about 2.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.