Palata may refer to:

• Palata, Italy, commune in Italy.
• Palata, Nepal, rural municipality in Nepal.
• Palata (river) in Belarus and Russia
• Palata Sakan, a village in western Burma
• Barbodes palata, a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to the Philippines

• Paratha, the Burmese name for the Indian flatbread
• Palatas