About Minta Village

Minta is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 344, made up of 163 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Minta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Minta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176022
Area (hectares)	74.17 hectares
Population	344
Male Population	163
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,110
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Minta compares

By the 2011 count Minta is the 160th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 74.17 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Minta

Minta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Minta 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 Minta from other places

Minta lies about 35 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Bharmar, about 5.4 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 Minta
Nearest railway station	Bharmar	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	17 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	24 km
District headquarters	Kangra	35 km

Villages closest to Minta

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 Minta

As per the Census of India 2011, Minta village had a population of 344. That makes it the 160th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Minta village has 163 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Minta has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Minta is 176022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Minta covers 74.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Minta is Bharmar, about 5.4 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 Minta.

Minta is about 35 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Minta is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Bharmar is about 5.4 km away. Nurpur is about 17 km away. Talwāra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.