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About Paliya Village

Paliya is a mid sized village in Sagri tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,516, made up of 719 males and 797 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.43 hectares hectares.

Paliya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paliya village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Sagri
Area (hectares) 91.43 hectares
Population 1,516
Male Population 719
Female Population 797
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,108
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Paliya compares

By the 2011 count Paliya is the 163rd largest of the 835 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 91.43 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Paliya

Paliya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Paliya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Paliya from other places

Paliya lies about 29 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Khurahat, about 5.3 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 Paliya
Nearest railway station Khurahat 5.3 km
Nearest town Muhammadābād 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagri 26 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 29 km

Villages closest to Paliya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paliya village had a population of 1,516. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 835 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Paliya village has 719 males and 797 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paliya has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Paliya covers 91.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Paliya falls under Sagri tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Paliya is Khurahat, about 5.3 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 10+ km distance for Paliya.

Paliya is about 29 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paliya is in Sagri tehsil of Azamgarh district. Khurahat is about 5.3 km away. Muhammadābād is about 12 km away. Sagri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ratanpur (under 2 km), Harsinghpur (2.3 km) and Dubarahan Bujurg (2.4 km).

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

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