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About Phangota Village

Phangota is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 106, made up of 55 males and 51 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phangota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phangota village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176203
Area (hectares) 36.47 hectares
Population 106
Male Population 55
Female Population 51
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 927
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Phangota compares

By the 2011 count Phangota is the 299th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 36.47 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Phangota

Phangota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Phangota as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Phangota from other places

Phangota lies about 72 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 6.0 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 Phangota
Nearest railway station Kathua 6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 30 km
District headquarters Kangra 72 km

Villages closest to Phangota

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 Phangota

As per the Census of India 2011, Phangota village had a population of 106. That makes it the 299th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Phangota village has 55 males and 51 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phangota has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Phangota is 176203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phangota covers 36.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Phangota is Kathua, about 6.0 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 <5 km distance for Phangota.

Phangota is about 72 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phangota is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Kathua is about 6.0 km away. Nurpur is about 30 km away. Kangra is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madoli (2.2 km), Badial (8.0 km) and Manuha (8.8 km).

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

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