About Palehal Village

Palehal is a mid sized village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,483, made up of 801 males and 682 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 440 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palehal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palehal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Billawar
Pincode	184202
Area (hectares)	440 hectares
Population	1,483
Male Population	801
Female Population	682
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palehal compares

By the 2011 count Palehal is the 49th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 440 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 894.

Getting to Palehal

Palehal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Palehal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Palehal from other places

Palehal lies about 35 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 Palehal
Nearest railway station	Chak Dayala	20 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Billawar	24 km
District headquarters	Kathua	35 km

Villages closest to Palehal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palehal village had a population of 1,483. That makes it the 49th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Palehal village has 801 males and 682 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palehal has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Palehal is 184202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palehal covers 440 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palehal falls under Billawar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Palehal is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palehal.

Palehal is about 35 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palehal is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Chak Dayala is about 20 km away. Sāmba is about 24 km away. Billawar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.