About Palota Village

Palota is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 55 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,382 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palota village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	246148
Area (hectares)	42.33 hectares
Population	131
Male Population	55
Female Population	76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,382
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 Palota compares

By the 2011 count Palota is the 252nd largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 42.33 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Palota

Palota is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palota 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 Palota from other places

Palota lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Palota
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	20 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	43 km

Villages closest to Palota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palota village had a population of 131. That makes it the 252nd largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Palota village has 55 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palota has about 1382 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Palota is 246148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palota covers 42.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palota falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Palota is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Palota.

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

Palota is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 20 km away. Garhwal is about 32 km away. Kotdwara is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.