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About Patreli Village

Patreli is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 130 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patreli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patreli village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Khundian
Pincode 176031
Area (hectares) 92 hectares
Population 243
Male Population 130
Female Population 113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Patreli compares

By the 2011 count Patreli is the 54th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 92 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Patreli

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

Patreli lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 13 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 Patreli
Tehsil headquarters Khundian 6.8 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 13 km
District headquarters Kangra 20 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 33 km

Villages closest to Patreli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khundian 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.

Common questions about Patreli

As per the Census of India 2011, Patreli village had a population of 243. That makes it the 54th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Patreli village has 130 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patreli has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Patreli is 176031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patreli covers 92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patreli falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Patreli is Jawalamukhi Road, about 13 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 Patreli.

Patreli 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.

Patreli is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 6.8 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koka (under 2 km), Nahli (under 2 km) and Nahli Jhikla (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Patreli today is likely to be higher.

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