About Pragpur Village

Pragpur is a mid sized village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 502, made up of 244 males and 258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pragpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pragpur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaswan
Pincode	176501
Area (hectares)	259.73 hectares
Population	502
Male Population	244
Female Population	258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pragpur compares

By the 2011 count Pragpur is the 25th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 259.73 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1092.

Getting to Pragpur

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

Pragpur lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chintpurni Marg, about 19 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 Pragpur
Nearest railway station	Chintpurni Marg	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaswan	30 km
District headquarters	Kangra	30 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	33 km

Villages closest to Pragpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pragpur village had a population of 502. That makes it the 25th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Pragpur village has 244 males and 258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pragpur has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Pragpur is 176501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pragpur covers 259.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pragpur falls under Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pragpur is Chintpurni Marg, about 19 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 Pragpur.

Pragpur is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pragpur is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Chintpurni Marg is about 19 km away. Jaswan is about 30 km away. Kangra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.