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About Patial Kad Village

Patial Kad is a mid sized village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 941, made up of 451 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patial Kad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patial Kad village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176056
Area (hectares) 64.55 hectares
Population 941
Male Population 451
Female Population 490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,086
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Patial Kad compares

By the 2011 count Patial Kad is the 19th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 64.55 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Patial Kad

Patial Kad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Patial Kad 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Patial Kad from other places

Patial Kad lies about 32 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Majheran Himachal, 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 Patial Kad
Nearest railway station Majheran Himachal 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 23 km
District headquarters Kangra 32 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 34 km

Villages closest to Patial Kad

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 Patial Kad

As per the Census of India 2011, Patial Kad village had a population of 941. That makes it the 19th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Patial Kad village has 451 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patial Kad has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Patial Kad is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patial Kad covers 64.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Patial Kad is Majheran Himachal, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Patial Kad.

Patial Kad is about 32 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patial Kad is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Majheran Himachal is about 2.5 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 23 km away. Kangra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rod (under 2 km), Tapri (5.9 km) and Sutrehr (8.9 km).

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

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