About Aghar Village

Aghar is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 359, made up of 191 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176051, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aghar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aghar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176051
Area (hectares)	100.96 hectares
Population	359
Male Population	191
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Aghar compares

By the 2011 count Aghar is the 155th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 100.96 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Aghar

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

Aghar lies about 41 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 3.2 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 Aghar
Nearest railway station	Talara	3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	5.6 km
Nearest town	Mamun	17 km
District headquarters	Kangra	41 km

Villages closest to Aghar

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 Aghar

As per the Census of India 2011, Aghar village had a population of 359. That makes it the 155th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Aghar village has 191 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aghar has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Aghar is 176051. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aghar covers 100.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Aghar is Talara, about 3.2 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 Aghar.

Aghar 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.

Aghar is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Talara is about 3.2 km away. Nurpur is about 5.6 km away. Mamun is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.