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About Kholi Gaggal Village

Kholi Gaggal is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 250, made up of 123 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kholi Gaggal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kholi Gaggal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dhira
Pincode 176101
Area (hectares) 95.8 hectares
Population 250
Male Population 123
Female Population 127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kholi Gaggal compares

By the 2011 count Kholi Gaggal is the 33rd largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 95.8 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Kholi Gaggal

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

How far is Kholi Gaggal from other places

Kholi Gaggal lies about 6.8 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 6.3 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 Kholi Gaggal
Nearest railway station Kangra Mandir 6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhira 6.8 km
District headquarters Kangra 6.8 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 8.9 km

Villages closest to Kholi 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.

Common questions about Kholi Gaggal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kholi Gaggal village had a population of 250. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Kholi Gaggal village has 123 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kholi Gaggal has about 1033 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 Kholi Gaggal is 176101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kholi Gaggal covers 95.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kholi Gaggal is Kangra Mandir, about 6.3 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 Kholi Gaggal.

Kholi Gaggal is about 6.8 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kholi Gaggal is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Kangra Mandir is about 6.3 km away. Dhira is about 6.8 km away. Kangra is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Och Gaggal (under 2 km), Lulehr (5.2 km) and Dehru (5.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kholi Gaggal today is likely to be higher.

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