About Luharka Village

Luharka is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 85 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Luharka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Luharka village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176206
Area (hectares)	163 hectares
Population	179
Male Population	85
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,106
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Luharka compares

By the 2011 count Luharka is the 115th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 163 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Luharka

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

Luharka lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 22 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 Luharka
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	8.2 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	22 km

Villages closest to Luharka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Luharka village had a population of 179. That makes it the 115th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Luharka village has 85 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Luharka has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Luharka is 176206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Luharka covers 163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Luharka falls under Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Luharka is Kangra Mandir, about 22 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 Luharka.

Luharka is about 22 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Luharka is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Shahpur is about 8.2 km away. Dharamsala is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.