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About Halehr Village

Halehr is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 181 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176047, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halehr village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176047
Area (hectares) 17.22 hectares
Population 343
Male Population 181
Female Population 162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Halehr compares

By the 2011 count Halehr is the 71st largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 17.22 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Halehr

Halehr 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 Halehr 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 Halehr from other places

Halehr lies about 13 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 8.5 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 Halehr
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 8.5 km
District headquarters Kangra 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 16 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 27 km

Villages closest to Halehr

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 Halehr

As per the Census of India 2011, Halehr village had a population of 343. That makes it the 71st largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Halehr village has 181 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halehr has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

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

Halehr covers 17.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Halehr is Jawalamukhi Road, about 8.5 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 Halehr.

Halehr is about 13 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halehr is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 8.5 km away. Kangra is about 13 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barai (1.9 km), Gaglahr (3.0 km) and Phaket Lahr (3.0 km).

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

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