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About Napohta Village

Napohta is a small village in Multhan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 86 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Napohta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Napohta village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Multhan
Pincode 176122
Area (hectares) 93.44 hectares
Population 179
Male Population 86
Female Population 93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,081
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Napohta compares

By the 2011 count Napohta is the 19th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 224 residents. Its 93.44 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 903.

Getting to Napohta

Napohta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Napohta as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Napohta from other places

Napohta lies about 56 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 3.5 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 Napohta
Tehsil headquarters Multhan 3.0 km
Nearest railway station Zero Point 3.5 km
Nearest town Mandi 40 km
District headquarters Kangra 56 km

Villages closest to Napohta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Napohta village had a population of 179. That makes it the 19th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 224 residents.

Napohta village has 86 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Napohta has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Napohta is 176122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Napohta covers 93.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Napohta falls under Multhan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Napohta is Zero Point, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available for Napohta.

Napohta is about 56 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Napohta is in Multhan tehsil of Kangra district. Multhan is about 3.0 km away. Zero Point is about 3.5 km away. Mandi is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ropru (under 2 km), Lawai (under 2 km) and Andarli Malahn (under 2 km).

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

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