About Kund Village

Kund is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 465, made up of 236 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 354.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176061, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kund village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176061
Area (hectares)	354.34 hectares
Population	465
Male Population	236
Female Population	229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kund compares

By the 2011 count Kund is the 128th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 354.34 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Kund

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

How far is Kund from other places

Kund lies about 32 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Majheran Himachal, about 6.8 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 Kund
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Majheran Himachal	6.8 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	30 km
District headquarters	Kangra	32 km

Villages closest to Kund

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 Kund

As per the Census of India 2011, Kund village had a population of 465. That makes it the 128th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Kund village has 236 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kund has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

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

Kund covers 354.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kund is Majheran Himachal, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Kund is about 32 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kund is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Palampur is about 4.6 km away. Majheran Himachal is about 6.8 km away. Dharamsala is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.