About Mehta Village

Mehta is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 491, made up of 265 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mehta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mehta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176204
Area (hectares)	233.86 hectares
Population	491
Male Population	265
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mehta compares

By the 2011 count Mehta is the 114th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 233.86 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 Mehta

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

Mehta lies about 46 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 22 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 Mehta
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	18 km
Nearest town	Chamba	18 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	22 km
District headquarters	Kangra	46 km

Villages closest to Mehta

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 Mehta

As per the Census of India 2011, Mehta village had a population of 491. That makes it the 114th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Mehta village has 265 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mehta has about 853 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 Mehta is 176204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mehta covers 233.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Mehta is Nurpur Road, about 22 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 Mehta.

Mehta 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.

Mehta is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur is about 18 km away. Chamba is about 18 km away. Nurpur Road is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.