About Hod Village

Hod is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 197, made up of 89 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,213 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177042, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hod village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177042
Area (hectares)	40.21 hectares
Population	197
Male Population	89
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,213
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hod compares

By the 2011 count Hod is the 131st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 40.21 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Hod

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

Hod lies about 40 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 8.3 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 Hod
Nearest railway station	Samloti	8.3 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	28 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	40 km

Villages closest to Hod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hod village had a population of 197. That makes it the 131st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Hod village has 89 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hod has about 1213 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Hod is 177042. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hod covers 40.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hod falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Hod is Samloti, about 8.3 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 Hod.

Hod is about 40 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hod is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Samloti is about 8.3 km away. Dharamsala is about 22 km away. Nadaun is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.