About Nawan Shahr Village

Nawan Shahr is a small village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 220, made up of 94 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,340 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawan Shahr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawan Shahr village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawali
Pincode	176225
Area (hectares)	42.81 hectares
Population	220
Male Population	94
Female Population	126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,340
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nawan Shahr compares

By the 2011 count Nawan Shahr is the 132nd largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 42.81 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Nawan Shahr

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

Nawan Shahr lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 12 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 Nawan Shahr
Tehsil headquarters	Jawali	12 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	12 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	24 km
District headquarters	Kangra	24 km

Villages closest to Nawan Shahr

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jawali 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 Nawan Shahr

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawan Shahr village had a population of 220. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Nawan Shahr village has 94 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawan Shahr has about 1340 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Nawan Shahr is 176225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawan Shahr covers 42.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nawan Shahr falls under Jawali tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nawan Shahr is Jawanwala Shahr, about 12 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 Nawan Shahr.

Nawan Shahr is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawan Shahr is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Jawali is about 12 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 12 km away. Dharamsala is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.