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About Tarah Sughalan Village

Tarah Sughalan is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 151 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarah Sughalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarah Sughalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176204
Area (hectares) 120.53 hectares
Population 284
Male Population 151
Female Population 133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tarah Sughalan compares

By the 2011 count Tarah Sughalan is the 186th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 120.53 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Tarah Sughalan

Tarah Sughalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Tarah Sughalan as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Tarah Sughalan from other places

Tarah Sughalan lies about 47 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kandwal, about 8.6 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 Tarah Sughalan
Nearest railway station Kandwal 8.6 km
Nearest town Mamun 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 14 km
District headquarters Kangra 47 km

Villages closest to Tarah Sughalan

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 Tarah Sughalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarah Sughalan village had a population of 284. That makes it the 186th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Tarah Sughalan village has 151 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarah Sughalan has about 881 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 Tarah Sughalan is 176204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarah Sughalan covers 120.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tarah Sughalan falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tarah Sughalan is Kandwal, about 8.6 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Tarah Sughalan.

Tarah Sughalan is about 47 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarah Sughalan is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Kandwal is about 8.6 km away. Mamun is about 12 km away. Nurpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dagla (1.5 km), Kaptial (1.6 km) and Broti (1.9 km).

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

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