About Gagal Village

Gagal is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 230, made up of 101 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,277 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gagal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176208
Area (hectares)	52.99 hectares
Population	230
Male Population	101
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,277
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gagal compares

By the 2011 count Gagal is the 102nd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 52.99 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Gagal

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

Gagal lies about 9.7 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 Gagal
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	6.0 km
District headquarters	Kangra	9.7 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	11 km

Villages closest to Gagal

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 Gagal

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagal village had a population of 230. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Gagal village has 101 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagal has about 1277 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

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

Gagal covers 52.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Gagal 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 Gagal.

Gagal is about 9.7 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gagal is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Shahpur is about 6.0 km away. Kangra is about 9.7 km away. Dharamsala is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.