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About Paplah Village

Paplah is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 137 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,212 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176073, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paplah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paplah village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaisinghpur
Pincode 176073
Area (hectares) 95.19 hectares
Population 303
Male Population 137
Female Population 166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,212
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Paplah compares

By the 2011 count Paplah is the 70th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 95.19 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 1217.

Getting to Paplah

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

Paplah lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Patti Rajpura, about 1.7 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 Paplah
Nearest railway station Patti Rajpura 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaisinghpur 21 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 25 km
District headquarters Kangra 26 km

Villages closest to Paplah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paplah village had a population of 303. That makes it the 70th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Paplah village has 137 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paplah has about 1212 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Paplah is 176073. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paplah covers 95.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paplah falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Paplah is Patti Rajpura, about 1.7 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 Paplah.

Paplah is about 26 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paplah is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Patti Rajpura is about 1.7 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 21 km away. Dharamsala is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jandera (under 2 km), Aranda (under 2 km) and Jarehr (4.0 km).

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

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