About Nagan Village

Nagan is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 189, made up of 92 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176092, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nagan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nagan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176092
Area (hectares)	59.36 hectares
Population	189
Male Population	92
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nagan compares

By the 2011 count Nagan is the 49th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 59.36 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Nagan

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

Nagan lies about 24 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 Nagan
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	4.8 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	12 km
District headquarters	Kangra	24 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Nagan

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 Nagan

As per the Census of India 2011, Nagan village had a population of 189. That makes it the 49th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Nagan village has 92 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nagan has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Nagan is 176092. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nagan covers 59.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nagan 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 Nagan.

Nagan is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nagan is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 4.8 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 12 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.