About Kalru Village

Kalru is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 94 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,383 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalru village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	176026
Area (hectares)	145.1 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	94
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,383
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalru compares

By the 2011 count Kalru is the 160th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 145.1 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1082.

Getting to Kalru

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

Kalru lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 18 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 Kalru
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	39 km

Villages closest to Kalru

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Kalru

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalru village had a population of 224. That makes it the 160th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Kalru village has 94 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalru has about 1383 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Kalru is 176026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalru covers 145.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalru falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kalru is Jawalamukhi Road, about 18 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 Kalru.

Kalru is about 26 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalru is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 6.7 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.