About Padhiar Khar Village

Padhiar Khar is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 135 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176061, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padhiar Khar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padhiar Khar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176061
Area (hectares)	36.9 hectares
Population	286
Male Population	135
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,119
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Padhiar Khar compares

By the 2011 count Padhiar Khar is the 220th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 36.9 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Padhiar Khar

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

Padhiar Khar lies about 31 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 3.7 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 Padhiar Khar
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	4.4 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	29 km
District headquarters	Kangra	31 km

Villages closest to Padhiar Khar

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 Padhiar Khar

As per the Census of India 2011, Padhiar Khar village had a population of 286. That makes it the 220th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Padhiar Khar village has 135 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padhiar Khar has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

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

Padhiar Khar covers 36.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Padhiar Khar falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padhiar Khar is Panchrukhi, about 3.7 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 Padhiar Khar.

Padhiar Khar is about 31 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padhiar Khar is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Panchrukhi is about 3.7 km away. Palampur is about 4.4 km away. Dharamsala is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.