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About Har Village

Har is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 96, made up of 43 males and 53 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,233 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176083, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Har Overview

Census 2011 figures for Har village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176083
Area (hectares) 17.02 hectares
Population 96
Male Population 43
Female Population 53
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,233
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Har compares

By the 2011 count Har is the 324th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 17.02 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 Har

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

Har 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
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

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Har village had a population of 96. That makes it the 324th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Har village has 43 males and 53 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Har has about 1233 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

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

Har covers 17.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Har 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 Har.

Har 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 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 Bodah (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 today is likely to be higher.

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