About Kural Village

Kural is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 431, made up of 207 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176085, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kural Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kural village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176085
Area (hectares)	60.63 hectares
Population	431
Male Population	207
Female Population	224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,082
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kural compares

By the 2011 count Kural is the 140th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 60.63 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Kural

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

Kural lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 5.1 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 Kural
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	20 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	25 km

Villages closest to Kural

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 Kural

As per the Census of India 2011, Kural village had a population of 431. That makes it the 140th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Kural village has 207 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kural has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Kural is 176085. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kural covers 60.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Kural is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 5.1 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 Kural.

Kural is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kural is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 5.1 km away. Palampur is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.