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About Boharkar Village

Boharkar is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 14 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176093, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Boharkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Boharkar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Thural
Pincode 176093
Area (hectares) 36.17 hectares
Population 35
Male Population 14
Female Population 21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Boharkar compares

By the 2011 count Boharkar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 36.17 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Boharkar

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

Boharkar lies about 23 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 12 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 Boharkar
Tehsil headquarters Thural 4.5 km
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 12 km
District headquarters Kangra 23 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 31 km

Villages closest to Boharkar

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.

Common questions about Boharkar

As per the Census of India 2011, Boharkar village had a population of 35. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Boharkar village has 14 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Boharkar has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

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

Boharkar covers 36.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Boharkar is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 12 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 Boharkar.

Boharkar is about 23 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Boharkar is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 4.5 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 12 km away. Kangra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khajurnu (under 2 km), Nagan (under 2 km) and Rapot (under 2 km).

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

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