About Nahar Ban Village

Nahar Ban is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 25 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,240 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nahar Ban Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nahar Ban village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	90.08 hectares
Population	56
Male Population	25
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,240
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nahar Ban compares

By the 2011 count Nahar Ban is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 90.08 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Nahar Ban

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

Nahar Ban 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 Nahar Ban
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	11 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	29 km
District headquarters	Kangra	36 km
Nearest town	Nangal	44 km

Villages closest to Nahar Ban

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jawalamukhi 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 Nahar Ban

As per the Census of India 2011, Nahar Ban village had a population of 56. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Nahar Ban village has 25 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nahar Ban has about 1240 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Nahar Ban is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nahar Ban covers 90.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nahar Ban falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nahar Ban 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 Nahar Ban.

Nahar Ban 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.

Nahar Ban is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 11 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.