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About Palia Village

Palia is a mid sized village in Dhaurahara tehsil, in the district of Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,172, made up of 659 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.11 hectares hectares.

Palia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palia village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kheri
Tehsil Dhaurahara
Area (hectares) 223.11 hectares
Population 1,172
Male Population 659
Female Population 513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 778
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palia compares

By the 2011 count Palia is the 139th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,912 residents. Its 223.11 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 881.

Getting to Palia

Palia 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 Palia 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 Palia from other places

Palia lies about 32 km from Kheri, and the nearest railway station is Neri, about 20 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 Palia
Nearest railway station Neri 20 km
Nearest town Gola Gokarannāth 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhaurahara 32 km
District headquarters Kheri 32 km

Villages closest to Palia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palia village had a population of 1,172. That makes it the 139th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,912 residents.

Palia village has 659 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palia has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 881.

Palia covers 223.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palia falls under Dhaurahara tehsil of Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palia is Neri, about 20 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 Palia.

Palia is about 32 km from Kheri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palia is in Dhaurahara tehsil of Kheri district. Neri is about 20 km away. Gola Gokarannāth is about 25 km away. Dhaurahara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Husainpur Katauli (4.4 km), Raipur (8.4 km) and Raipur Issanagar (8.4 km).

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

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