About Brahm Nagar Village

Brahm Nagar is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 83, made up of 44 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177043, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Brahm Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Brahm Nagar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177043
Area (hectares)	41.14 hectares
Population	83
Male Population	44
Female Population	39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Brahm Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Brahm Nagar is the 92nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 41.14 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Brahm Nagar

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

Brahm Nagar lies about 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 14 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 Brahm Nagar
Nearest town	Dharamsala	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Nagrota	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	26 km

Villages closest to Brahm Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rakkar 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 Brahm Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Brahm Nagar village had a population of 83. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Brahm Nagar village has 44 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Brahm Nagar has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Brahm Nagar is 177043. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Brahm Nagar covers 41.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Brahm Nagar falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Brahm Nagar is Nagrota, about 14 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 Brahm Nagar.

Brahm Nagar is about 16 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Brahm Nagar is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about under 2 km away. Nagrota is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.