About Bir Garh Village

Bir Garh is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 164 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,195 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176093, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bir Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bir Garh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176093
Area (hectares)	147.31 hectares
Population	360
Male Population	164
Female Population	196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,195
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bir Garh compares

By the 2011 count Bir Garh is the 16th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 147.31 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Bir Garh

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

Bir Garh lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 5.0 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 Bir Garh
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	5.0 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	17 km
District headquarters	Kangra	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	23 km

Villages closest to Bir Garh

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 Bir Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Bir Garh village had a population of 360. That makes it the 16th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Bir Garh village has 164 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bir Garh has about 1195 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Bir Garh is 176093. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bir Garh covers 147.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bir Garh falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bir Garh is Chamunda Marg, about 5.0 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 Bir Garh.

Bir Garh 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.

Bir Garh is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Chamunda Marg is about 5.0 km away. Dharamsala is about 17 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.