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About Nagrota Village

Nagrota is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 174, made up of 87 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nagrota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nagrota village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176200
Area (hectares) 69.66 hectares
Population 174
Male Population 87
Female Population 87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nagrota compares

By the 2011 count Nagrota is the 246th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 69.66 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Nagrota

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

Nagrota lies about 37 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 11 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 Nagrota
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Talara 11 km
Nearest town Mamun 26 km
District headquarters Kangra 37 km

Villages closest to Nagrota

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 Nagrota

As per the Census of India 2011, Nagrota village had a population of 174. That makes it the 246th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Nagrota village has 87 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

The pincode recorded for Nagrota is 176200. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nagrota covers 69.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nagrota is Talara, about 11 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 Nagrota.

Nagrota is about 37 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nagrota is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur is about 8.7 km away. Talara is about 11 km away. Mamun is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salkoh (under 2 km), Garniardu (under 2 km) and Phulel (under 2 km).

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

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