About Kangar Village

Kangar is a mid sized village in Sundarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 644, made up of 333 males and 311 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kangar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Sundarnagar
Pincode	174401
Area (hectares)	130.26 hectares
Population	644
Male Population	333
Female Population	311
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
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 Kangar compares

By the 2011 count Kangar is the 44th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 549 residents. Its 130.26 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Kangar

Kangar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kangar 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 Kangar from other places

Kangar lies about 22 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 49 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 Kangar
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarnagar	3.3 km
District headquarters	Mandi	22 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	49 km

Villages closest to Kangar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kangar village had a population of 644. That makes it the 44th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 549 residents.

Kangar village has 333 males and 311 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kangar has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Kangar is 174401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kangar covers 130.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kangar falls under Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kangar is Summer Hill, about 49 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 Kangar.

Kangar is about 22 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kangar is in Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 3.3 km away. Mandi is about 22 km away. Summer Hill is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.