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About Drub Khal Village

Drub Khal is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 472, made up of 236 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176047, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Drub Khal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Drub Khal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176047
Area (hectares) 22.28 hectares
Population 472
Male Population 236
Female Population 236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Drub Khal compares

By the 2011 count Drub Khal is the 54th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 22.28 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Drub Khal

Drub Khal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Drub Khal 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Drub Khal from other places

Drub Khal lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 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 Drub Khal
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 29 km
District headquarters Kangra 30 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 42 km

Villages closest to Drub Khal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagrota Bagwan 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 Drub Khal

As per the Census of India 2011, Drub Khal village had a population of 472. That makes it the 54th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Drub Khal village has 236 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Drub Khal has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Drub Khal is 176047. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Drub Khal covers 22.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Drub Khal falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Drub Khal is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Drub Khal is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Drub Khal is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 25 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 29 km away. Kangra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhorana (4.1 km), Kalaid Khas (4.6 km) and Dranga (7.8 km).

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

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