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About Har Bodah Village

Har Bodah is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 62, made up of 33 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176083, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Har Bodah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Har Bodah village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176083
Area (hectares) 51.92 hectares
Population 62
Male Population 33
Female Population 29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Har Bodah compares

By the 2011 count Har Bodah is the 341st largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 51.92 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1062.

Getting to Har Bodah

Har Bodah 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 Har Bodah 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Har Bodah from other places

Har Bodah lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about 9.1 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 Har Bodah
Nearest railway station Koparlahar 9.1 km
District headquarters Kangra 11 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Palampur 24 km

Villages closest to Har Bodah

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 Har Bodah

As per the Census of India 2011, Har Bodah village had a population of 62. That makes it the 341st largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Har Bodah village has 33 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Har Bodah has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Har Bodah is 176083. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Har Bodah covers 51.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Har Bodah falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Har Bodah is Koparlahar, about 9.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Har Bodah.

Har Bodah 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.

Har Bodah is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about 9.1 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Dharamsala is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bihar (under 2 km), Har (under 2 km) and Har Droh (under 2 km).

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

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