Palair or Paleru is a village in Kusumanchi tehsil, Khammam district, in the state of Telangana, India.

It is located on the Khammam to Suryapet road, about 30 km (19 mi) from the district headquarters of Khammam, on the banks of the Paleru lake.

[2] As of the 2011 Census of India, Palair had a population of 5,143, spread over 1,204 households.

As of 2023, it is represented in the assembly by Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy of the Indian National Congress.

As of 2019, it is represented in the parliament by Nama Nageswara Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.