About Khowara Village

Khowara is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 340, made up of 172 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khowara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khowara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176211
Area (hectares)	140.1 hectares
Population	340
Male Population	172
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khowara compares

By the 2011 count Khowara is the 162nd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 140.1 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Khowara

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

How far is Khowara from other places

Khowara lies about 46 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 14 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 Khowara
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	14 km
Nearest town	Mamun	24 km
District headquarters	Kangra	46 km

Villages closest to Khowara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nurpur 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 Khowara

As per the Census of India 2011, Khowara village had a population of 340. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Khowara village has 172 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khowara has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Khowara is 176211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khowara covers 140.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khowara falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khowara is Nurpur Road, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khowara.

Khowara is about 46 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khowara is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur is about 10 km away. Nurpur Road is about 14 km away. Mamun is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.