About Kauna Village

Kauna is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 131 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,206 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kauna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kauna village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176107
Area (hectares)	92.53 hectares
Population	289
Male Population	131
Female Population	158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,206
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kauna compares

By the 2011 count Kauna is the 24th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 92.53 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Kauna

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

Kauna lies about 27 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, 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 Kauna
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	4.3 km
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	27 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	35 km

Villages closest to Kauna

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 Kauna

As per the Census of India 2011, Kauna village had a population of 289. That makes it the 24th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Kauna village has 131 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kauna has about 1206 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

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

Kauna covers 92.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kauna is Panchrukhi, 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 Kauna.

Kauna is about 27 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kauna is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 4.3 km away. Panchrukhi is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.