About Phangota Village

Phangota is a mid sized village in Dhar Kalan tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,140, made up of 588 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1040 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phangota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phangota village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Dhar Kalan
Pincode	145022
Area (hectares)	1040 hectares
Population	1,140
Male Population	588
Female Population	552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phangota compares

By the 2011 count Phangota is the 13th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,807 residents. Its 1040 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Phangota

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

Phangota lies about 47 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 6.0 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 Phangota
Nearest railway station	Kathua	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhar Kalan	19 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	47 km

Villages closest to Phangota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhar Kalan 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 Phangota

As per the Census of India 2011, Phangota village had a population of 1,140. That makes it the 13th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,807 residents.

Phangota village has 588 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phangota has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Phangota is 145022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phangota covers 1040 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Phangota falls under Dhar Kalan tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Phangota is Kathua, about 6.0 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 village for Phangota.

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

Phangota is in Dhar Kalan tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Kathua is about 6.0 km away. Dhar Kalan is about 19 km away. Gurdaspur is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.