About Khas Gaggal Village

Khas Gaggal is a mid sized village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 592, made up of 286 males and 306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khas Gaggal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khas Gaggal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176101
Area (hectares)	85.1 hectares
Population	592
Male Population	286
Female Population	306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khas Gaggal compares

By the 2011 count Khas Gaggal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 85.1 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Khas Gaggal

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

Khas Gaggal lies about 19 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 4.7 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 Khas Gaggal
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	19 km
District headquarters	Kangra	19 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	24 km

Villages closest to Khas Gaggal

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 Khas Gaggal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khas Gaggal village had a population of 592. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Khas Gaggal village has 286 males and 306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khas Gaggal has about 1070 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 Khas Gaggal is 176101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khas Gaggal covers 85.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khas Gaggal falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khas Gaggal is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 4.7 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 Khas Gaggal.

Khas Gaggal is about 19 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khas Gaggal is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 4.7 km away. Dhira is about 19 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.