About Alsehar Village

Alsehar is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 86 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,105 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alsehar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alsehar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176101
Area (hectares)	160.21 hectares
Population	181
Male Population	86
Female Population	95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,105
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Alsehar compares

By the 2011 count Alsehar is the 50th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 160.21 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Alsehar

Alsehar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Alsehar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alsehar from other places

Alsehar lies about 4.6 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about 2.1 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 Alsehar
Nearest railway station	Koparlahar	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	4.6 km
District headquarters	Kangra	4.6 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	20 km

Villages closest to Alsehar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhira 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 Alsehar

As per the Census of India 2011, Alsehar village had a population of 181. That makes it the 50th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Alsehar village has 86 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alsehar has about 1105 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Alsehar is 176101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alsehar covers 160.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alsehar falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Alsehar is Koparlahar, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Alsehar.

Alsehar is about 4.6 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alsehar is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about 2.1 km away. Dhira is about 4.6 km away. Kangra is about 4.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.