About Pail Village

Pail is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 67, made up of 36 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176051, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pail village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176051
Area (hectares)	352.68 hectares
Population	67
Male Population	36
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pail compares

By the 2011 count Pail is the 335th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 352.68 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Pail

Pail is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pail as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Pail from other places

Pail lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Pail
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	21 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km

Villages closest to Pail

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 Pail

As per the Census of India 2011, Pail village had a population of 67. That makes it the 335th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Pail village has 36 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pail has about 861 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 Pail is 176051. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pail covers 352.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Pail is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pail.

Pail is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pail is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 18 km away. Dharamsala is about 21 km away. Nurpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.