About Bairghatta Village

Bairghatta is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 160 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176073, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bairghatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bairghatta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176073
Area (hectares)	56 hectares
Population	305
Male Population	160
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bairghatta compares

By the 2011 count Bairghatta is the 22nd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 56 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Bairghatta

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

Bairghatta lies about 31 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 20 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 Bairghatta
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	20 km
District headquarters	Kangra	31 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	40 km

Villages closest to Bairghatta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thural 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 Bairghatta

As per the Census of India 2011, Bairghatta village had a population of 305. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Bairghatta village has 160 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bairghatta has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Bairghatta is 176073. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bairghatta covers 56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bairghatta falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bairghatta is Panchrukhi, about 20 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 Bairghatta.

Bairghatta is about 31 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bairghatta is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 4.5 km away. Panchrukhi is about 20 km away. Kangra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.