About Nihar Khola Village

Nihar Khola is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 119 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nihar Khola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nihar Khola village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode	176056
Area (hectares)	32.83 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	119
Female Population	105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nihar Khola compares

By the 2011 count Nihar Khola is the 89th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 32.83 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Nihar Khola

Nihar Khola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nihar Khola as Available within 5 - 10 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 Nihar Khola from other places

Nihar Khola lies about 5.3 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 2.5 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 Nihar Khola
Nearest railway station	Samloti	2.5 km
District headquarters	Kangra	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagrota Bagwan	5.7 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	14 km

Villages closest to Nihar Khola

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.

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Common questions about Nihar Khola

As per the Census of India 2011, Nihar Khola village had a population of 224. That makes it the 89th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Nihar Khola village has 119 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nihar Khola has about 882 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 Nihar Khola is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nihar Khola covers 32.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Nihar Khola is Samloti, about 2.5 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Nihar Khola.

Nihar Khola is about 5.3 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nihar Khola is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 2.5 km away. Kangra is about 5.3 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.