About Pahara Village

Pahara is a large village in Sarila tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,698, made up of 1,438 males and 1,260 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 688.88 hectares hectares.

Pahara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pahara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Sarila
Area (hectares)	688.88 hectares
Population	2,698
Male Population	1,438
Female Population	1,260
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pahara compares

By the 2011 count Pahara is the 15th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 688.88 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 842.

Getting to Pahara

Pahara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pahara as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Pahara from other places

Pahara 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 Pahara
Tehsil headquarters	Sarila	18 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	29 km
Nearest town	Nangal	44 km

Villages closest to Pahara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pahara village had a population of 2,698. That makes it the 15th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Pahara village has 1,438 males and 1,260 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pahara has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 842.

Pahara covers 688.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pahara falls under Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pahara is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pahara.

Pahara 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.

Pahara is in Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sarila 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.