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About Phalehr Village

Phalehr is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 34 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phalehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phalehr village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176102
Area (hectares) 24.1 hectares
Population 71
Male Population 34
Female Population 37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,088
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Phalehr compares

By the 2011 count Phalehr is the 337th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 24.1 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Phalehr

The census records public bus service for Phalehr as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Phalehr from other places

Phalehr lies about 13 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 8.5 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 Phalehr
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 8.5 km
District headquarters Kangra 13 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Palampur 28 km

Villages closest to Phalehr

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 Phalehr

As per the Census of India 2011, Phalehr village had a population of 71. That makes it the 337th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Phalehr village has 34 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phalehr has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Phalehr is 176102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phalehr covers 24.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Phalehr is Jawalamukhi Road, about 8.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Phalehr.

Phalehr is about 13 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phalehr is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 8.5 km away. Kangra is about 13 km away. Dharamsala is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chamarkar (under 2 km), Laihr (3.0 km) and Bihar (4.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Phalehr today is likely to be higher.

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