About Paluka Village

Paluka is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 89, made up of 44 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249171, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paluka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paluka village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249171
Area (hectares)	77.37 hectares
Population	89
Male Population	44
Female Population	45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paluka compares

By the 2011 count Paluka is the 159th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 77.37 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 983.

Getting to Paluka

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

Paluka lies about 29 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 49 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 Paluka
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	16 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	29 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	33 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	49 km

Villages closest to Paluka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paluka village had a population of 89. That makes it the 159th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Paluka village has 44 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paluka has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Paluka is 249171. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paluka covers 77.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paluka falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Paluka is Dehradun, about 49 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 Paluka.

Paluka is about 29 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paluka is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Rajgarhi is about 16 km away. Uttarkashi is about 29 km away. Mussoorie is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.