About Praghwal Village

Praghwal is a small village in Pangi tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 226 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Praghwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Praghwal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Pangi
Pincode	176323
Area (hectares)	165.15 hectares
Population	471
Male Population	226
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,084
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Praghwal compares

By the 2011 count Praghwal is the 12th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 314 residents. Its 165.15 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Praghwal

Praghwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Praghwal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Praghwal from other places

Praghwal lies about 10 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 40 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 Praghwal
Tehsil headquarters	Pangi	10 km
District headquarters	Chamba	10 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	40 km

Villages closest to Praghwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Praghwal village had a population of 471. That makes it the 12th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 314 residents.

Praghwal village has 226 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Praghwal has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Praghwal is 176323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Praghwal covers 165.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Praghwal falls under Pangi tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Praghwal is Nurpur Road, about 40 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 10+ km distance for Praghwal.

Praghwal is about 10 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Praghwal is in Pangi tehsil of Chamba district. Pangi is about 10 km away. Chamba is about 10 km away. Nurpur Road is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.