About Plera Village

Plera is a large village in Mandi tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,551, made up of 1,840 males and 1,711 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 745 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Plera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Plera village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mandi
Pincode	185102
Area (hectares)	745 hectares
Population	3,551
Male Population	1,840
Female Population	1,711
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Plera compares

By the 2011 count Plera is the 5th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,107 residents. Its 745 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Plera

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

Plera lies about 19 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 45 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 Plera
Tehsil headquarters	Mandi	3.7 km
District headquarters	Punch	19 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	19 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	45 km

Villages closest to Plera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Plera village had a population of 3,551. That makes it the 5th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,107 residents.

Plera village has 1,840 males and 1,711 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Plera has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Plera is 185102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Plera covers 745 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Plera falls under Mandi tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Plera is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 45 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Plera.

Plera is about 19 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Plera is in Mandi tehsil of Punch district. Mandi is about 3.7 km away. Punch is about 19 km away. Pūnch is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.