About Paur Village

Paur is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 95, made up of 50 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177101
Area (hectares)	32.73 hectares
Population	95
Male Population	50
Female Population	45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paur compares

By the 2011 count Paur is the 239th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 32.73 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Paur

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

Paur lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Guler, about 9.5 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 Paur
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Guler	9.5 km
District headquarters	Kangra	20 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	28 km

Villages closest to Paur

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 Paur

As per the Census of India 2011, Paur village had a population of 95. That makes it the 239th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Paur village has 50 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paur has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Paur is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paur covers 32.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Paur is Guler, about 9.5 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 Paur.

Paur is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paur is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 5.9 km away. Guler is about 9.5 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.