About Sunhetar Village

Sunhetar is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 123 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sunhetar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunhetar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	37.87 hectares
Population	246
Male Population	123
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sunhetar compares

By the 2011 count Sunhetar is the 64th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 37.87 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Sunhetar

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

Sunhetar lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 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 Sunhetar
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	30 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	43 km

Villages closest to Sunhetar

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 Sunhetar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunhetar village had a population of 246. That makes it the 64th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Sunhetar village has 123 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunhetar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

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

Sunhetar covers 37.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sunhetar falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sunhetar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 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 Sunhetar.

Sunhetar 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.

Sunhetar is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 8.2 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 25 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.