About Henja Village

Henja is a mid sized village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 503 males and 573 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,139 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176083, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Henja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Henja village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176083
Area (hectares)	117.58 hectares
Population	1,076
Male Population	503
Female Population	573
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,139
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Henja compares

By the 2011 count Henja is the 27th 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 117.58 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Henja

Henja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Henja 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Henja from other places

Henja lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 3.5 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 Henja
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	11 km
District headquarters	Kangra	22 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	25 km

Villages closest to Henja

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.

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Common questions about Henja

As per the Census of India 2011, Henja village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 27th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Henja village has 503 males and 573 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Henja has about 1139 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

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

Henja covers 117.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Henja falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Henja is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 3.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Henja.

Henja is about 22 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Henja is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 3.5 km away. Palampur is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.