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About Phulwar Village

Phulwar is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 136 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phulwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phulwar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Thural
Pincode 176107
Area (hectares) 74.77 hectares
Population 286
Male Population 136
Female Population 150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,103
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Phulwar compares

By the 2011 count Phulwar is the 25th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 74.77 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 Phulwar

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

Phulwar lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 18 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 Phulwar
Tehsil headquarters Thural 3.0 km
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 18 km
District headquarters Kangra 25 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 35 km

Villages closest to Phulwar

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 Phulwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Phulwar village had a population of 286. That makes it the 25th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Phulwar village has 136 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phulwar has about 1103 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 Phulwar is 176107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phulwar covers 74.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Phulwar is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 18 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 Phulwar.

Phulwar is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phulwar is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 3.0 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manjha Uparla (under 2 km), Manjha Buhla (under 2 km) and Sahotryan Da Lahar (under 2 km).

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

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