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About Agoja Khas Village

Agoja Khas is a mid sized village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 971, made up of 436 males and 535 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,227 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Agoja Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agoja Khas village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176103
Area (hectares) 255.03 hectares
Population 971
Male Population 436
Female Population 535
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,227
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Agoja Khas compares

By the 2011 count Agoja Khas is the 32nd largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 255.03 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Agoja Khas

Agoja Khas is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Agoja Khas 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Agoja Khas from other places

Agoja Khas lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 7.3 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 Agoja Khas
Nearest town Dharamsala 6.9 km
Nearest railway station Nagrota 7.3 km
District headquarters Kangra 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Palampur 21 km

Villages closest to Agoja Khas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Palampur 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 Agoja Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Agoja Khas village had a population of 971. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Agoja Khas village has 436 males and 535 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agoja Khas has about 1227 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Agoja Khas is 176103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Agoja Khas covers 255.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Agoja Khas falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Agoja Khas is Nagrota, about 7.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Agoja Khas.

Agoja Khas is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agoja Khas is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 6.9 km away. Nagrota is about 7.3 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sai (2.8 km), Bhadal (3.9 km) and Haula (4.1 km).

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

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