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About Kanol Village

Kanol is a small village in Baroh tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 94 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176054, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanol village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Baroh
Pincode 176054
Area (hectares) 94.44 hectares
Population 192
Male Population 94
Female Population 98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanol compares

By the 2011 count Kanol is the 52nd largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 159 residents. Its 94.44 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Kanol

Kanol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanol 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanol from other places

Kanol lies about 23 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 22 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 Kanol
Nearest town Dharamsala 12 km
Nearest railway station Kangra Mandir 22 km
District headquarters Kangra 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Baroh 30 km

Villages closest to Kanol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanol village had a population of 192. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 159 residents.

Kanol village has 94 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanol has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Kanol is 176054. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanol covers 94.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanol falls under Baroh tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanol is Kangra Mandir, about 22 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 <5 km distance for Kanol.

Kanol is about 23 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanol is in Baroh tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 12 km away. Kangra Mandir is about 22 km away. Kangra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bher (6.8 km), Bhatehr (8.5 km) and Rangehr (9.6 km).

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

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