About Sihara Village

Sihara is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 168, made up of 88 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sihara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sihara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177101
Area (hectares)	145.72 hectares
Population	168
Male Population	88
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sihara compares

By the 2011 count Sihara is the 194th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 145.72 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Sihara

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

Sihara lies about 31 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 24 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 Sihara
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	24 km
District headquarters	Kangra	31 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	44 km

Villages closest to Sihara

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 Sihara

As per the Census of India 2011, Sihara village had a population of 168. That makes it the 194th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Sihara village has 88 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sihara has about 909 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 Sihara is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sihara covers 145.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sihara is Jawalamukhi Road, about 24 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 Sihara.

Sihara is about 31 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sihara is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 12 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 24 km away. Kangra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.