About Ram Nagar Village

Ram Nagar is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 493, made up of 244 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177043, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ram Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ram Nagar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177043
Area (hectares)	177.11 hectares
Population	493
Male Population	244
Female Population	249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ram Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Ram Nagar is the 18th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 177.11 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Ram Nagar

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

Ram 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 Ram 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 Ram 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 Ram Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Ram Nagar village had a population of 493. That makes it the 18th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Ram Nagar village has 244 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ram Nagar has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1059.

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

Ram Nagar covers 177.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ram 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 Ram Nagar.

Ram 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.

Ram 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.