About Uchhahr Village

Uchhahr is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 194 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Uchhahr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Uchhahr village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176031
Area (hectares)	64.06 hectares
Population	368
Male Population	194
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Uchhahr compares

By the 2011 count Uchhahr is the 35th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 64.06 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Uchhahr

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

Uchhahr lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Uchhahr
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	1.5 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	19 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	40 km

Villages closest to Uchhahr

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 Uchhahr

As per the Census of India 2011, Uchhahr village had a population of 368. That makes it the 35th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Uchhahr village has 194 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Uchhahr has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Uchhahr is 176031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Uchhahr covers 64.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Uchhahr is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Uchhahr.

Uchhahr 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.

Uchhahr is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 1.5 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 19 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.