About Parsel Village

Parsel is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 138 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parsel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parsel village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176208
Area (hectares)	50.03 hectares
Population	278
Male Population	138
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parsel compares

By the 2011 count Parsel is the 88th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 50.03 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Parsel

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

Parsel lies about 13 km from Kangra. 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 Parsel
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	2.6 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	13 km

Villages closest to Parsel

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 Parsel

As per the Census of India 2011, Parsel village had a population of 278. That makes it the 88th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Parsel village has 138 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parsel has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Parsel is 176208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parsel covers 50.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Parsel notes the nearest railway station 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 Parsel.

Parsel is about 13 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parsel is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Shahpur is about 2.6 km away. Dharamsala is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.