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About Panjlehr Village

Panjlehr is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 202, made up of 88 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,295 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176050, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjlehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjlehr village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176050
Area (hectares) 35.7 hectares
Population 202
Male Population 88
Female Population 114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,295
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Panjlehr compares

By the 2011 count Panjlehr is the 95th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 35.7 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Panjlehr

Panjlehr is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panjlehr as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Panjlehr from other places

Panjlehr lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 9.5 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 Panjlehr
Nearest town Dharamsala 4.5 km
Nearest railway station Kangra Mandir 9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 10 km
District headquarters Kangra 11 km

Villages closest to Panjlehr

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 Panjlehr

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjlehr village had a population of 202. That makes it the 95th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Panjlehr village has 88 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjlehr has about 1295 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Panjlehr is 176050. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjlehr covers 35.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Panjlehr is Kangra Mandir, about 9.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Panjlehr.

Panjlehr is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjlehr is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 4.5 km away. Kangra Mandir is about 9.5 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matyari (2.1 km), Bandi (4.2 km) and Rin (5.6 km).

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

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