About Nau Shehra Village

Nau Shehra is a mid sized village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 632, made up of 288 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,194 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nau Shehra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nau Shehra village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177114
Area (hectares)	140.46 hectares
Population	632
Male Population	288
Female Population	344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,194
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nau Shehra compares

By the 2011 count Nau Shehra is the 58th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 140.46 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 1082.

Getting to Nau Shehra

Nau Shehra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nau Shehra 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nau Shehra from other places

Nau Shehra lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Meghrajpura, 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 Nau Shehra
Nearest railway station	Meghrajpura	6.7 km
District headquarters	Kangra	11 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	25 km

Villages closest to Nau Shehra

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 Nau Shehra

As per the Census of India 2011, Nau Shehra village had a population of 632. That makes it the 58th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Nau Shehra village has 288 males and 344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nau Shehra has about 1194 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Nau Shehra is 177114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nau Shehra covers 140.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nau Shehra is Meghrajpura, about 6.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Nau Shehra.

Nau Shehra is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nau Shehra is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Meghrajpura is about 6.7 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Dharamsala is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.