About Pharera Village

Pharera is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 83, made up of 45 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176055, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pharera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pharera village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176055
Area (hectares)	33.8 hectares
Population	83
Male Population	45
Female Population	38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pharera compares

By the 2011 count Pharera is the 152nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 33.8 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 Pharera

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

Pharera lies about 19 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 15 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 Pharera
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	15 km
District headquarters	Kangra	19 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	30 km

Villages closest to Pharera

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.

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Common questions about Pharera

As per the Census of India 2011, Pharera village had a population of 83. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Pharera village has 45 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pharera has about 844 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 Pharera is 176055. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pharera covers 33.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Pharera is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 15 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 Pharera.

Pharera is about 19 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pharera is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 5.5 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 15 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.