About Paharigarhi Village

Paharigarhi is a mid sized village in Rath tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,665, made up of 901 males and 764 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 567.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paharigarhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paharigarhi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Rath
Pincode	210431
Area (hectares)	567.02 hectares
Population	1,665
Male Population	901
Female Population	764
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Paharigarhi compares

By the 2011 count Paharigarhi is the 36th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents. Its 567.02 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Paharigarhi

Paharigarhi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Paharigarhi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Paharigarhi from other places

Paharigarhi lies about 18 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Paharigarhi
Tehsil headquarters	Rath	18 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	29 km
Nearest town	Nangal	44 km

Villages closest to Paharigarhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paharigarhi village had a population of 1,665. That makes it the 36th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents.

Paharigarhi village has 901 males and 764 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharigarhi has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

The pincode recorded for Paharigarhi is 210431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paharigarhi covers 567.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paharigarhi falls under Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Paharigarhi is Amb Andaura, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Paharigarhi.

Paharigarhi is about 18 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paharigarhi is in Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district. Rath is about 18 km away. Hamirpur is about 18 km away. Amb Andaura is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.