About Rulehr Village

Rulehr is a mid sized village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 586, made up of 303 males and 283 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rulehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rulehr village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176206
Area (hectares)	226.15 hectares
Population	586
Male Population	303
Female Population	283
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rulehr compares

By the 2011 count Rulehr is the 38th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 226.15 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Rulehr

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

Rulehr lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 8.2 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 Rulehr
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	8.2 km
District headquarters	Kangra	20 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	35 km

Villages closest to Rulehr

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 Rulehr

As per the Census of India 2011, Rulehr village had a population of 586. That makes it the 38th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Rulehr village has 303 males and 283 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rulehr has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

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

Rulehr covers 226.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Rulehr is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 8.2 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 Rulehr.

Rulehr 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.

Rulehr is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 8.2 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Dharamsala is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.