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About Lohar Pura Village

Lohar Pura is a mid sized village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,068, made up of 561 males and 507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 344.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lohar Pura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lohar Pura village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176211
Area (hectares) 344.18 hectares
Population 1,068
Male Population 561
Female Population 507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lohar Pura compares

By the 2011 count Lohar Pura is the 30th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 344.18 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Lohar Pura

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

How far is Lohar Pura from other places

Lohar Pura lies about 41 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 7.6 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 Lohar Pura
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 3.5 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 7.6 km
Nearest town Mamun 21 km
District headquarters Kangra 41 km

Villages closest to Lohar Pura

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.

Common questions about Lohar Pura

As per the Census of India 2011, Lohar Pura village had a population of 1,068. That makes it the 30th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Lohar Pura village has 561 males and 507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lohar Pura has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

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

Lohar Pura covers 344.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lohar Pura falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lohar Pura is Nurpur Road, about 7.6 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Lohar Pura.

Lohar Pura is about 41 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lohar Pura is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur is about 3.5 km away. Nurpur Road is about 7.6 km away. Mamun is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baddi Dhar (under 2 km), Ban Bhanghar (under 2 km) and Bhareet (under 2 km).

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

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