About Palas Village

Palas is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 424, made up of 213 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palas village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249145
Area (hectares)	199.7 hectares
Population	424
Male Population	213
Female Population	211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palas compares

By the 2011 count Palas is the 51st largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 199.7 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Palas

Palas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palas 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palas from other places

Palas lies about 7.9 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 38 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 Palas
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	7.9 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	7.9 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	38 km

Villages closest to Palas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palas village had a population of 424. That makes it the 51st largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Palas village has 213 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palas has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Palas is 249145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palas covers 199.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palas falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Palas is Harrawala, about 38 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 village for Palas.

Palas is about 7.9 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palas is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 7.9 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 7.9 km away. Harrawala is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.