About Aghar Village

Aghar is a small village in Amb tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 24 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aghar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aghar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Una
Tehsil	Amb
Pincode	177210
Area (hectares)	17.34 hectares
Population	40
Male Population	24
Female Population	16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	667
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Aghar compares

By the 2011 count Aghar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 17.34 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Aghar

Aghar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Aghar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Aghar from other places

Aghar lies about 47 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 21 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 Aghar
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amb	32 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	38 km
District headquarters	Una	47 km

Villages closest to Aghar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aghar village had a population of 40. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Aghar village has 24 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aghar has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Aghar is 177210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aghar covers 17.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Aghar falls under Amb tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Aghar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Aghar.

Aghar is about 47 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aghar is in Amb tehsil of Una district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 21 km away. Amb is about 32 km away. Dharamsala is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.