About Phihar Village

Phihar is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 164, made up of 76 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,158 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phihar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phihar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176030
Area (hectares)	130.05 hectares
Population	164
Male Population	76
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,158
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phihar compares

By the 2011 count Phihar is the 89th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 130.05 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Phihar

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

Phihar lies about 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 23 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 Phihar
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	23 km
District headquarters	Kangra	29 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	40 km

Villages closest to Phihar

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 Phihar

As per the Census of India 2011, Phihar village had a population of 164. That makes it the 89th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Phihar village has 76 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phihar has about 1158 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

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

Phihar covers 130.05 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Phihar is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 23 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 10+ km distance for Phihar.

Phihar is about 29 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phihar is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 5.8 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 23 km away. Kangra is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.