About Palam Village

Palam is a large village in Rajauri tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,919, made up of 1,869 males and 1,050 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 562 females per 1000 males. The village covers 487.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Rajauri
Pincode	185132
Area (hectares)	487.2 hectares
Population	2,919
Male Population	1,869
Female Population	1,050
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	562
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palam compares

By the 2011 count Palam is the 12th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents. Its 487.2 hectares work out to about 6.0 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 920.

Getting to Palam

Palam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palam 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 Palam from other places

Palam lies about 4.2 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 57 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 Palam
District headquarters	Rajouri	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajauri	6.0 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	57 km

Villages closest to Palam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palam village had a population of 2,919. That makes it the 12th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents.

Palam village has 1,869 males and 1,050 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palam has about 562 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Palam is 185132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palam covers 487.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palam falls under Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Palam is Dugga, about 57 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 Palam.

Palam is about 4.2 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palam is in Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajouri is about 4.2 km away. Rajauri is about 6.0 km away. Rajaori is about 6.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.