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About Pakkhar Village

Pakkhar is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 57, made up of 32 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 781 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pakkhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakkhar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Tira Sujanpur
Pincode 176110
Area (hectares) 29.09 hectares
Population 57
Male Population 32
Female Population 25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 781
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Pakkhar compares

By the 2011 count Pakkhar is the 153rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 29.09 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Pakkhar

Pakkhar 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 Pakkhar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pakkhar from other places

Pakkhar 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 Pakkhar
Tehsil headquarters Tira Sujanpur 12 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 18 km
Nearest railway station Amb Andaura 29 km
Nearest town Nangal 44 km

Villages closest to Pakkhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tira Sujanpur 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.

Common questions about Pakkhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakkhar village had a population of 57. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Pakkhar village has 32 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakkhar has about 781 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Pakkhar is 176110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pakkhar covers 29.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pakkhar falls under Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pakkhar is Amb Andaura, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Pakkhar.

Pakkhar 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.

Pakkhar is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Tira Sujanpur is about 12 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.

The closest recorded villages are Amb Ghara (under 2 km), Bajahar (under 2 km) and Bharthun (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Pakkhar today is likely to be higher.

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