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About Pankhar Village

Pankhar is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 174 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176050, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pankhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pankhar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176050
Area (hectares) 30.69 hectares
Population 350
Male Population 174
Female Population 176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Pankhar compares

By the 2011 count Pankhar is the 70th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 30.69 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Pankhar

Pankhar 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 Pankhar 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 Pankhar from other places

Pankhar lies about 14 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about under 2 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 Pankhar
Nearest railway station Chamunda Marg under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 3.6 km
District headquarters Kangra 14 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 15 km

Villages closest to Pankhar

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 Pankhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Pankhar village had a population of 350. That makes it the 70th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Pankhar village has 174 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pankhar has about 1011 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 Pankhar is 176050. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pankhar covers 30.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Pankhar is Chamunda Marg, about under 2 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 Pankhar.

Pankhar is about 14 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pankhar is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Chamunda Marg is about under 2 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 3.6 km away. Kangra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malan (under 2 km), Majhetli Uperli (under 2 km) and Jhikli Ambwari (under 2 km).

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

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