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About Pasa Kot Village

Pasa Kot is a small village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 31 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pasa Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pasa Kot village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Baijnath
Pincode 176125
Area (hectares) 138.6 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 31
Female Population 25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 806
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pasa Kot compares

By the 2011 count Pasa Kot is the 186th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 138.6 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1095.

Getting to Pasa Kot

Pasa Kot is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Pasa Kot as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pasa Kot from other places

Pasa Kot lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 2.3 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 Pasa Kot
Nearest railway station Panchrukhi 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Baijnath 6.6 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 30 km
District headquarters Kangra 30 km

Villages closest to Pasa Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baijnath 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 Pasa Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Pasa Kot village had a population of 56. That makes it the 186th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Pasa Kot village has 31 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pasa Kot has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Pasa Kot is 176125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pasa Kot covers 138.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pasa Kot falls under Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pasa Kot is Panchrukhi, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Pasa Kot is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pasa Kot is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Panchrukhi is about 2.3 km away. Baijnath is about 6.6 km away. Dharamsala is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matial Kalan (under 2 km), Matial Khurd (under 2 km) and Jandpur (under 2 km).

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

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