About Patel Nagar Village

Patel Nagar is a small village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 98 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,653 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176088, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patel Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patel Nagar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baijnath
Pincode	176088
Area (hectares)	57.71 hectares
Population	260
Male Population	98
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,653
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Patel Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Patel Nagar is the 116th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 57.71 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

Getting to Patel Nagar

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

Patel Nagar lies about 40 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Ahju, about 2.9 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 Patel Nagar
Nearest railway station	Ahju	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baijnath	4.5 km
District headquarters	Kangra	40 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	40 km

Villages closest to Patel Nagar

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.

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Common questions about Patel Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Patel Nagar village had a population of 260. That makes it the 116th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Patel Nagar village has 98 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patel Nagar has about 1653 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Patel Nagar is 176088. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patel Nagar covers 57.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patel Nagar falls under Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Patel Nagar is Ahju, about 2.9 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 Patel Nagar.

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

Patel Nagar is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Ahju is about 2.9 km away. Baijnath is about 4.5 km away. Kangra is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.