About Kasar Village

Kasar is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 31 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kasar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kasar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176206
Area (hectares)	42.17 hectares
Population	56
Male Population	31
Female Population	25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	806
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kasar compares

By the 2011 count Kasar is the 137th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 42.17 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Kasar

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

Kasar lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 16 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 Kasar
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	16 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	19 km
District headquarters	Kangra	22 km

Villages closest to Kasar

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 Kasar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kasar village had a population of 56. That makes it the 137th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Kasar village has 31 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kasar has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

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

Kasar covers 42.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kasar is Jawanwala Shahr, about 16 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 Kasar.

Kasar 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.

Kasar is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Shahpur is about 6.8 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 16 km away. Dharamsala is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.