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About Pallian Kalan Village

Pallian Kalan is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 594, made up of 308 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144517, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pallian Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pallian Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144517
Area (hectares) 244 hectares
Population 594
Male Population 308
Female Population 286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Pallian Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Pallian Kalan is the 207th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 244 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Pallian Kalan

Pallian Kalan 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 Pallian Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Pallian Kalan from other places

Pallian Kalan lies about 10 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 4.3 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 Pallian Kalan
Nearest railway station Rahon 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 7.3 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 10 km

Villages closest to Pallian Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawanshahr 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 Pallian Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Pallian Kalan village had a population of 594. That makes it the 207th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Pallian Kalan village has 308 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pallian Kalan has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Pallian Kalan is 144517. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pallian Kalan covers 244 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pallian Kalan falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Pallian Kalan is Rahon, about 4.3 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Pallian Kalan.

Pallian Kalan is about 10 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pallian Kalan is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 4.3 km away. Nawanshahr is about 7.3 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pallian Khurd (under 2 km), Shahbazpur (under 2 km) and Kot Ranjha (under 2 km).

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

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