About Maharaj Nagar Village

Maharaj Nagar is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 337, made up of 162 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176096, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maharaj Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharaj Nagar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176096
Area (hectares)	509.82 hectares
Population	337
Male Population	162
Female Population	175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maharaj Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Maharaj Nagar is the 63rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 509.82 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Maharaj Nagar

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

Maharaj Nagar lies about 36 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Maharaj Nagar
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	23 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	29 km
District headquarters	Kangra	36 km
Nearest town	Nangal	44 km

Villages closest to Maharaj Nagar

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.

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Common questions about Maharaj Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharaj Nagar village had a population of 337. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Maharaj Nagar village has 162 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharaj Nagar has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Maharaj Nagar is 176096. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maharaj Nagar covers 509.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maharaj Nagar falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maharaj Nagar is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Maharaj Nagar.

Maharaj Nagar is about 36 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharaj Nagar is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 23 km away. Amb Andaura is about 29 km away. Kangra is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.