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About Gharhella Parla Village

Gharhella Parla is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 66, made up of 36 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharhella Parla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharhella Parla village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Thural
Pincode 176107
Area (hectares) 53.71 hectares
Population 66
Male Population 36
Female Population 30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gharhella Parla compares

By the 2011 count Gharhella Parla is the 71st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 53.71 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Gharhella Parla

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

Gharhella Parla lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about 8.9 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 Gharhella Parla
Nearest railway station Koparlahar 8.9 km
District headquarters Kangra 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Thural 15 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 23 km

Villages closest to Gharhella Parla

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 Gharhella Parla

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharhella Parla village had a population of 66. That makes it the 71st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Gharhella Parla village has 36 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharhella Parla has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Gharhella Parla is 176107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharhella Parla covers 53.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gharhella Parla falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gharhella Parla is Koparlahar, about 8.9 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 Gharhella Parla.

Gharhella Parla is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharhella Parla is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about 8.9 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Thural is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Bajur Gahar (under 2 km), D P F Dhar Duhak (under 2 km) and Dhaman Lahar (under 2 km).

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

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