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About Nagreta Village

Nagreta is a small village in Harchakian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 25 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nagreta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nagreta village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Harchakian
Pincode 176210
Area (hectares) 35 hectares
Population 71
Male Population 25
Female Population 46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,840
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nagreta compares

By the 2011 count Nagreta is the 48th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 35 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1124.

Getting to Nagreta

Nagreta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nagreta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Nagreta from other places

Nagreta lies about 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Meghrajpura, about 6.1 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 Nagreta
Nearest railway station Meghrajpura 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Harchakian 16 km
District headquarters Kangra 16 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 23 km

Villages closest to Nagreta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Harchakian 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 Nagreta

As per the Census of India 2011, Nagreta village had a population of 71. That makes it the 48th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Nagreta village has 25 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nagreta has about 1840 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1124.

The pincode recorded for Nagreta is 176210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nagreta covers 35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nagreta falls under Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nagreta is Meghrajpura, about 6.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Nagreta.

Nagreta is about 16 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nagreta is in Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district. Meghrajpura is about 6.1 km away. Harchakian is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makrer (1.6 km), Dhar Khurd (1.7 km) and Sardwal (1.8 km).

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

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