About Hurba Village

Hurba is a small village in Nichar tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 121, made up of 54 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,241 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hurba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hurba village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kinnaur
Tehsil	Nichar
Pincode	172115
Area (hectares)	127.52 hectares
Population	121
Male Population	54
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,241
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hurba compares

By the 2011 count Hurba is the 54th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 326 residents. Its 127.52 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 915.

Getting to Hurba

Hurba is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Hurba as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Hurba from other places

Hurba lies about 19 km from Kinnaur, and the nearest railway station is Shimla, about 112 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 Hurba
Tehsil headquarters	Nichar	19 km
District headquarters	Kinnaur	19 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	108 km
Nearest railway station	Shimla	112 km

Villages closest to Hurba

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nichar 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 Hurba

As per the Census of India 2011, Hurba village had a population of 121. That makes it the 54th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 326 residents.

Hurba village has 54 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hurba has about 1241 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Hurba is 172115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hurba covers 127.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hurba falls under Nichar tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Hurba is Shimla, about 112 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Hurba.

Hurba is about 19 km from Kinnaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hurba is in Nichar tehsil of Kinnaur district. Nichar is about 19 km away. Kinnaur is about 19 km away. Mussoorie is about 108 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.