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About Phagurta Village

Phagurta is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 46, made up of 20 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,300 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phagurta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phagurta village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Khundian
Pincode 176030
Area (hectares) 51.05 hectares
Population 46
Male Population 20
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,300
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Phagurta compares

By the 2011 count Phagurta is the 188th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 51.05 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Phagurta

Phagurta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Phagurta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Phagurta from other places

Phagurta lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 21 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 Phagurta
Tehsil headquarters Khundian 3.4 km
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 21 km
District headquarters Kangra 26 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 37 km

Villages closest to Phagurta

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 Phagurta

As per the Census of India 2011, Phagurta village had a population of 46. That makes it the 188th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Phagurta village has 20 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phagurta has about 1300 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Phagurta is 176030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phagurta covers 51.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Phagurta is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Phagurta.

Phagurta is about 26 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phagurta is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 3.4 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 21 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jol (under 2 km), Tikkar Jhikla (under 2 km) and Sialkar (under 2 km).

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

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