About Palasi Village

Palasi is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 130 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,346 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246279, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palasi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhoomakot
Pincode	246279
Area (hectares)	140.27 hectares
Population	305
Male Population	130
Female Population	175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,346
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palasi compares

By the 2011 count Palasi is the 17th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 140.27 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Palasi

Palasi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palasi as Available within village. 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 Palasi from other places

Palasi lies about 26 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 37 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 Palasi
Nearest town	Pauri	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhoomakot	26 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	37 km

Villages closest to Palasi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palasi village had a population of 305. That makes it the 17th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Palasi village has 130 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palasi has about 1346 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Palasi is 246279. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palasi covers 140.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palasi falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Palasi is Kotdwara, about 37 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palasi.

Palasi is about 26 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palasi is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 17 km away. Dhoomakot is about 26 km away. Garhwal is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.