About Palah Village

Palah is a mid sized village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 553, made up of 294 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 405026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palah village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	405026
Area (hectares)	175 hectares
Population	553
Male Population	294
Female Population	259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palah compares

By the 2011 count Palah is the 207th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 175 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 934.

Getting to Palah

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

Palah lies about 61 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 15 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 Palah
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	15 km
Nearest town	Mamun	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	26 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	61 km

Villages closest to Palah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palah village had a population of 553. That makes it the 207th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Palah village has 294 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palah has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Palah is 405026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palah covers 175 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palah falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Palah is Nurpur Road, about 15 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 village for Palah.

Palah is about 61 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palah is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Nurpur Road is about 15 km away. Mamun is about 22 km away. Pathankot is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.