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About Palla Nangal Village

Palla Nangal is a small village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 102, made up of 48 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143604, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palla Nangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palla Nangal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Dera Baba Nanak
Pincode 143604
Area (hectares) 109 hectares
Population 102
Male Population 48
Female Population 54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,125
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palla Nangal compares

By the 2011 count Palla Nangal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Palla Nangal

Palla Nangal 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 Palla Nangal 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 Palla Nangal from other places

Palla Nangal lies about 28 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Batala Sugar Mills, about 10 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 Palla Nangal
Nearest railway station Batala Sugar Mills 10 km
Nearest town Batāla 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Dera Baba Nanak 18 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 28 km

Villages closest to Palla Nangal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Baba Nanak 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 Palla Nangal

As per the Census of India 2011, Palla Nangal village had a population of 102. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Palla Nangal village has 48 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palla Nangal has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Palla Nangal is 143604. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palla Nangal covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palla Nangal falls under Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Palla Nangal is Batala Sugar Mills, about 10 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 Palla Nangal.

Palla Nangal is about 28 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palla Nangal is in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Batala Sugar Mills is about 10 km away. Batāla is about 12 km away. Dera Baba Nanak is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandu Nangal (under 2 km), Jiwan Nangal (under 2 km) and Mohal Nangal (under 2 km).

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

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