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About Suar Village

Suar is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 76, made up of 35 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,171 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176084, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dhira
Pincode 176084
Area (hectares) 20.02 hectares
Population 76
Male Population 35
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,171
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Suar compares

By the 2011 count Suar is the 89th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 20.02 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 Suar

Suar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Suar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Suar from other places

Suar lies about 12 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 9.3 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 Suar
Nearest town Dharamsala 4.8 km
Nearest railway station Nagrota 9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhira 12 km
District headquarters Kangra 12 km

Villages closest to Suar

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 Suar

As per the Census of India 2011, Suar village had a population of 76. That makes it the 89th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Suar village has 35 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suar has about 1171 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1176.

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

Suar covers 20.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Suar is Nagrota, about 9.3 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 <5 km distance for Suar.

Suar is about 12 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suar is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 4.8 km away. Nagrota is about 9.3 km away. Dhira is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dehru (under 2 km), Rumehr (6.0 km) and Tang (6.5 km).

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

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