About Rumbal Village

Rumbal is a small village in Harchakian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 161 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rumbal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rumbal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Harchakian
Pincode	176210
Area (hectares)	92.93 hectares
Population	329
Male Population	161
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rumbal compares

By the 2011 count Rumbal is the 15th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 92.93 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 1124.

Getting to Rumbal

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

Rumbal lies about 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 7.9 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 Rumbal
Nearest railway station	Tripal	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harchakian	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	18 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	30 km

Villages closest to Rumbal

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.

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Common questions about Rumbal

As per the Census of India 2011, Rumbal village had a population of 329. That makes it the 15th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Rumbal village has 161 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rumbal has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1124.

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

Rumbal covers 92.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Rumbal is Tripal, about 7.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rumbal.

Rumbal is about 18 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rumbal is in Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district. Tripal is about 7.9 km away. Harchakian is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.