About Loharal Village

Loharal is a mid sized village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 556, made up of 278 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176061, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loharal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loharal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176061
Area (hectares)	55.68 hectares
Population	556
Male Population	278
Female Population	278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Loharal compares

By the 2011 count Loharal is the 95th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 55.68 hectares work out to about 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Loharal

Loharal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Loharal 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 Loharal from other places

Loharal 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 Loharal
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 Loharal

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 Loharal

As per the Census of India 2011, Loharal village had a population of 556. That makes it the 95th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Loharal village has 278 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loharal has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Loharal is 176061. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loharal covers 55.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Loharal is Koparlahar, about 9.1 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 Loharal.

Loharal 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.

Loharal 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.