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About Palharai Village

Palharai is a mid sized village in Jalalabad tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,908, made up of 1,022 males and 886 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 242221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palharai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palharai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Jalalabad
Pincode 242221
Area (hectares) 351.21 hectares
Population 1,908
Male Population 1,022
Female Population 886
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palharai compares

By the 2011 count Palharai is the 77th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents. Its 351.21 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 831.

Getting to Palharai

Palharai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palharai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Palharai from other places

Palharai lies about 31 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Anjhi Shahabad, about 13 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 Palharai
Nearest town Shāhābād 10 km
Nearest railway station Anjhi Shahabad 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalalabad 23 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 31 km

Villages closest to Palharai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palharai village had a population of 1,908. That makes it the 77th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents.

Palharai village has 1,022 males and 886 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palharai has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 831.

The pincode recorded for Palharai is 242221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palharai covers 351.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palharai falls under Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palharai is Anjhi Shahabad, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Palharai.

Palharai is about 31 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palharai is in Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Shāhābād is about 10 km away. Anjhi Shahabad is about 13 km away. Jalalabad is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bari (2.2 km), Noungawan Mubarikpur (2.2 km) and Doulatpur Rahimadad Pur (2.2 km).

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

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