About Purkher Village

Purkher is a mid sized village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 566, made up of 273 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,073 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purkher Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purkher village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawali
Pincode	176225
Area (hectares)	268.66 hectares
Population	566
Male Population	273
Female Population	293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,073
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purkher compares

By the 2011 count Purkher is the 57th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 268.66 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 Purkher

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

Purkher lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 8.4 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 Purkher
Tehsil headquarters	Jawali	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	8.4 km
District headquarters	Kangra	20 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	23 km

Villages closest to Purkher

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 Purkher

As per the Census of India 2011, Purkher village had a population of 566. That makes it the 57th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Purkher village has 273 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purkher has about 1073 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

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

Purkher covers 268.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purkher falls under Jawali tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purkher is Jawanwala Shahr, about 8.4 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 Purkher.

Purkher is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purkher is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Jawali is about 7.7 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 8.4 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.