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About Patoher Village

Patoher is a small village in Baroh tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 38, made up of 17 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,235 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176054, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patoher Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patoher village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Baroh
Pincode 176054
Area (hectares) 21.1 hectares
Population 38
Male Population 17
Female Population 21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,235
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Patoher compares

By the 2011 count Patoher is the 140th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 159 residents. Its 21.1 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Patoher

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

Patoher lies about 40 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 6.7 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 Patoher
Nearest town Talwāra 4.6 km
Nearest railway station Kartoli Punjab 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Baroh 34 km
District headquarters Kangra 40 km

Villages closest to Patoher

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 Patoher

As per the Census of India 2011, Patoher village had a population of 38. That makes it the 140th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 159 residents.

Patoher village has 17 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patoher has about 1235 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1091.

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

Patoher covers 21.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Patoher is Kartoli Punjab, about 6.7 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 Patoher.

Patoher 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.

Patoher is in Baroh tehsil of Kangra district. Talwāra is about 4.6 km away. Kartoli Punjab is about 6.7 km away. Baroh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ratiar (13 km), Nand (14 km) and Mangrela (15 km).

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

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