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About Har Village

Har is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 299, made up of 160 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Har Overview

Census 2011 figures for Har village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Fatehpur
Pincode 176025
Area (hectares) 55.34 hectares
Population 299
Male Population 160
Female Population 139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Har compares

By the 2011 count Har is the 63rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 55.34 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 1006.

Getting to Har

Har is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Har as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Har from other places

Har lies about 4.6 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about 2.1 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 Har
Nearest railway station Koparlahar 2.1 km
District headquarters Kangra 4.6 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 28 km

Villages closest to Har

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fatehpur 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.

Common questions about Har

As per the Census of India 2011, Har village had a population of 299. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Har village has 160 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Har has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Har is 176025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Har covers 55.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Har falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Har is Koparlahar, about 2.1 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 <5 km distance for Har.

Har is about 4.6 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Har is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about 2.1 km away. Kangra is about 4.6 km away. Dharamsala is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Band Jharolan (under 2 km), Chuhar Kalan (under 2 km) and Samlata Khas (8.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Har today is likely to be higher.

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