About Och Gaggal Village

Och Gaggal is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 267, made up of 124 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,153 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Och Gaggal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Och Gaggal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176101
Area (hectares)	35.88 hectares
Population	267
Male Population	124
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,153
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Och Gaggal compares

By the 2011 count Och Gaggal is the 27th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 35.88 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Och Gaggal

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

Och 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 Och 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 Och 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 Och Gaggal

As per the Census of India 2011, Och Gaggal village had a population of 267. That makes it the 27th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Och Gaggal village has 124 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Och Gaggal has about 1153 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1176.

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

Och Gaggal covers 35.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

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

Och 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.

Och 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.