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About Palheri Village

Palheri is a mid sized village in Kharar tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,351, made up of 739 males and 612 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palheri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palheri village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil Kharar
Pincode 140301
Area (hectares) 323 hectares
Population 1,351
Male Population 739
Female Population 612
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 828
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palheri compares

By the 2011 count Palheri is the 30th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 323 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 875.

Getting to Palheri

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

Palheri lies about 13 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. 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 Palheri
Tehsil headquarters Kharar 6.7 km
District headquarters Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 13 km

Villages closest to Palheri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palheri village had a population of 1,351. That makes it the 30th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Palheri village has 739 males and 612 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palheri has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 875.

The pincode recorded for Palheri is 140301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palheri covers 323 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palheri falls under Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The census record for Palheri notes the nearest railway station 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 Palheri.

Palheri is about 13 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palheri is in Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Kharar is about 6.7 km away. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhagat Majra (under 2 km), Bahalpur (1.7 km) and Sangalan (1.8 km).

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

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