About Palla Village

Palla is a small village in Joshimath tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 369, made up of 180 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246472, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palla village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Joshimath
Pincode	246472
Area (hectares)	252.88 hectares
Population	369
Male Population	180
Female Population	189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
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 Palla compares

By the 2011 count Palla is the 25th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 319 residents. Its 252.88 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Palla

Palla is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Palla 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 Palla from other places

Palla lies about 18 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 122 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 Palla
Tehsil headquarters	Joshimath	10 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	18 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	74 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	122 km

Villages closest to Palla

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

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Common questions about Palla

As per the Census of India 2011, Palla village had a population of 369. That makes it the 25th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 319 residents.

Palla village has 180 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palla has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Palla is 246472. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palla covers 252.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palla falls under Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Palla is Rishikesh, about 122 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 Palla.

Palla is about 18 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palla is in Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district. Joshimath is about 10 km away. Chamoli is about 18 km away. Srīnagar is about 74 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.