About Phashta Village

Phashta is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 105 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,181 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176084, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phashta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phashta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176084
Area (hectares)	65.71 hectares
Population	229
Male Population	105
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,181
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phashta compares

By the 2011 count Phashta is the 39th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 65.71 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Phashta

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

Phashta lies about 23 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 10 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 Phashta
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	23 km
District headquarters	Kangra	23 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	30 km

Villages closest to Phashta

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 Phashta

As per the Census of India 2011, Phashta village had a population of 229. That makes it the 39th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Phashta village has 105 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phashta has about 1181 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Phashta is 176084. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phashta covers 65.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Phashta is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 10 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 Phashta.

Phashta is about 23 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phashta is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 10 km away. Dhira is about 23 km away. Kangra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.