About Nagan Village

Nagan is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 15, made up of 9 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nagan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nagan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176222
Area (hectares)	104.12 hectares
Population	15
Male Population	9
Female Population	6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	667
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nagan compares

By the 2011 count Nagan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 104.12 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 Nagan

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

Nagan lies about 10 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 9.5 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 Nagan
Nearest town	Dharamsala	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	9.1 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	9.5 km
District headquarters	Kangra	10 km

Villages closest to Nagan

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 Nagan

As per the Census of India 2011, Nagan village had a population of 15. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Nagan village has 9 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nagan has about 667 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 Nagan is 176222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nagan covers 104.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Nagan is Kangra Mandir, about 9.5 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 Nagan.

Nagan is about 10 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nagan is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 6.2 km away. Shahpur is about 9.1 km away. Kangra Mandir is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.