About Palar Village

Palar is a mid sized village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 648, made up of 339 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 204.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249141
Area (hectares)	204.58 hectares
Population	648
Male Population	339
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palar compares

By the 2011 count Palar is the 20th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 204.58 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Palar

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

Palar lies about 21 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 81 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 Palar
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	35 km
Nearest town	Tehri	52 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	81 km

Villages closest to Palar

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 Palar

As per the Census of India 2011, Palar village had a population of 648. That makes it the 20th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Palar village has 339 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palar has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Palar is 249141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palar covers 204.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palar falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Palar is Dehradun, about 81 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 Palar.

Palar is about 21 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palar is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 21 km away. Rajgarhi is about 35 km away. Tehri is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.