Dharmsala Tehsil - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Dharmsala is an administrative tehsil in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Dharmsala is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Nagrota, while the nearest airport is Kangra Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 9.7 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 338 km², including 319.20 km² rural area and 18.47 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 945 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Dharmsala Tehsil

Dharmsala Tehsil has a total of 170 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Ambota	Rural	Meti
2	Andrar	Rural	Andrad
3	Anjani	Rural	Barwala
4	Baghni	Rural	Baghni
5	Bagiyara ( 502)	Rural	Kand Kardiana
6	Bagli	Rural	Bagli
7	Bahl	Rural	Sarah
8	Balehr Khass	Rural	Tang Narwana
9	Balla	Rural	Balla Jadrangal
10	Balreh	Rural	Rawa
11	Bandi Khas	Rural	Bandi
12	Bandi Khurd	Rural	Bandi
13	Bangrehr	Rural	Meti
14	Banorru	Urban	Not applicable
15	Banwala	Rural	Chetru
16	Bara Khola	Rural	Jhiyol
17	Barnet	Rural	Bhatalla
18	Barwala Khas	Rural	Barwala
19	Bhadrolu	Rural	Mandal
20	Bhagsunag M.C. (363-3)	Rural	Tau
21	Bhatala	Rural	Bhatalla
22	Bhatehar	Rural	Tangroti
23	Bhatehr	Rural	Sheela Bhatehr
24	Bhitlu	Rural	Bhitlu
25	Bhuli Tangroti	Rural	Tangroti
26	Braih	Rural	Kaned
27	Breh (M.C.) 363-1	Urban	Not applicable
28	Chakawan Siddhbari	Urban	Not applicable
29	Chakban Banwala	Rural	Chetru
30	Chakban Barbala	Rural	Barwala
31	Chakban Barida Khola	Rural	Jhiyol
32	Chakban Dugbar	Rural	Dhagwar
33	Chakban Gharo	Rural	Gharoh
34	Chakban Ghiana Kalan	Rural	Barwala
35	Chakban Sarah	Rural	Sarah
36	Chakban Sudehd	Rural	Sudhed
37	Chakban Ubharnala	Rural	Jhiyol
38	Chakwan Bhagsunag (363/5)	Urban	Not applicable
39	Chakwan Chandranbhan	Rural	Kand Kardiana
40	Chakwan Dhar	Rural	Tang Narwana
41	Chakwan Kardiyana	Rural	Kand Kardiana
42	Chakwan Khaniyara	Rural	Sounkni Da Kot
43	Chakwan Tangroti	Rural	Tangroti
44	Chamiara	Rural	Bhitlu
45	Chelian	Urban	Not applicable
46	Chetru	Rural	Chetru
47	Chhainti	Rural	Barwala
48	Chhatair	Rural	Rakkar
49	Chhawani	Rural	Sudhed
50	Chilgari (M.C) (363-5)	Urban	Not applicable
51	Chohla	Rural	Tau
52	Civil Station (M.C.) (363-6)	Urban	Not applicable
53	Dehru	Rural	Pandtehad Passu
54	Dhar	Rural	Sudhed
55	Dharamshala (M.C.) (363/7)	Urban	Not applicable
56	Dhial	Rural	Bhatalla
57	Diara	Rural	Bhatalla
58	Diktu	Rural	Jhiyol
59	Dudehr	Rural	Kaned
60	Dughwar Khas	Rural	Dhagwar
61	Dungla	Rural	Sudhed
62	Gabli Dar	Urban	Not applicable
63	Gamaru (363/6)	Urban	Not applicable
64	Gamrehr	Rural	Jhiyol
65	Garh	Rural	Gharoh
66	Garh	Rural	Sukkar
67	Ghaihr	Rural	Jhiyol
68	Ghana	Rural	Ghana
69	Ghanyara Khas	Urban	Not applicable
70	Gharoh Khas	Rural	Gharoh
71	Gharopura	Rural	Kaned
72	Gharthehar	Rural	Bandi
73	Gharthina	Rural	Meti
74	Ghartholi	Rural	Paddar
75	Ghiana Kalan	Rural	Barwala
76	Ghiana Khurd	Rural	Jhiyol
77	Gujrehra	Rural	Sarah
78	Gulerian	Urban	Not applicable
79	Harnehr	Rural	Sukkar
80	Hodal	Urban	Not applicable
81	Jamli	Rural	Kareri
82	Jangal Reserve Banoi	Rural	Kuthaman
83	Jasyal	Rural	Mandal
84	Jatehr	Rural	Sarah
85	Jatehr	Urban	Not applicable
86	Jhakrehr	Rural	Kaned
87	Jhikkar	Rural	Lanjhni
88	Jhikla Odar	Rural	Kaliara
89	Jhikli Barol (Og)	Urban	Not applicable
90	Jhikli Dar	Urban	Not applicable
91	Juhl	Rural	Juhal
92	Jule	Rural	Kand Kardiana
93	Kajlot -I	Rural	Kajlot
94	Kajlot -Ii (340/1)	Rural	Kajlot
95	Kaland Rehr	Rural	Kandrehar
96	Kand	Urban	Not applicable
97	Kand	Rural	Kand Kardiana
98	Kardiana	Rural	Kand Kardiana
99	Kasba (494/5)	Rural	Narwana Khas
100	Kharota	Rural	Sounkni Da Kot
101	Khatehr	Rural	Dhagwar
102	Kotla	Rural	Bhitlu
103	Kuliara	Rural	Kaliara
104	Kumharkar	Rural	Sarah
105	Kut	Rural	Bhitlu
106	Lanjhni	Rural	Lanjhni
107	Loharkar	Rural	Sudhed
108	Machhan	Rural	Tang Narwana
109	Mandal	Rural	Mandal
110	Maned	Rural	Maned
111	Masrehr	Rural	Dhagwar
112	Mat	Rural	Dhagwar
113	Meti	Rural	Meti
114	Miniana	Rural	Bhitlu
115	Mohli Harandi	Rural	Sounkni Da Kot
116	Mohli Lahrandi	Rural	Sounkni Da Kot
117	Naddi	Rural	Bhatalla
118	Nagan Pat	Rural	Naganpatt
119	Narghota	Rural	Kajlot
120	Narwana (494/6)	Rural	Narwana Khas
121	Padher	Rural	Sarah
122	Padher	Rural	Paddar
123	Pajlehar	Urban	Not applicable
124	Palotha	Rural	Paloutha
125	Pandtehr	Rural	Pandtehad Passu
126	Parol	Rural	Jhiyol
127	Pat	Urban	Not applicable
128	Patani	Rural	Pandtehad Passu
129	Patohla	Rural	Kandrehar
130	Patohla	Rural	Balla Jadrangal
131	Rakar	Rural	Rakkar
132	Ram Nagar (364/1)	Urban	Not applicable
133	Rasan	Rural	Baghni
134	Raseshar	Rural	Rashed
135	Ruhru	Rural	Sudhed
136	Sail	Rural	Paloutha
137	Sakoli	Rural	Balla Jadrangal
138	Salag	Rural	Andrad
139	Ser	Rural	Paloutha
140	Shamnagar (364/2)	Urban	Not applicable
141	Sheehla	Rural	Sheela Bhatehr
142	Sidhbari	Urban	Not applicable
143	Sidhpur	Urban	Not applicable
144	Sokani Da Kot	Rural	Sounkni Da Kot
145	Sudehd Khas	Rural	Sudhed
146	Sukar Khas	Rural	Sukkar
147	Swala	Rural	Kaliara
148	Tahu	Rural	Tau
149	Tang	Rural	Tang Narwana
150	Tangroti Khas	Rural	Tangroti Khas
151	Taremlu	Rural	Dhagwar
152	Thamba	Rural	Barwala
153	Thatri	Rural	Sounkni Da Kot
154	Thear	Urban	Not applicable
155	Tikkri	Rural	Andrad
156	Up Mohal Bani (494/3)	Urban	Not applicable
157	Up Mohal Chatehar (494/1)	Urban	Not applicable
158	Up Mohal Dharmkot( 363/2)	Urban	Not applicable
159	Up Mohal Lehsar (494/2)	Urban	Not applicable
160	Up Mohal Meclodganj (363/4)	Urban	Not applicable
161	Up Mohal Yol Khas (494/4)	Urban	Not applicable
162	Upahu	Rural	Sukkar
163	Uparli Barol	Urban	Not applicable
164	Uparli Dar	Urban	Not applicable
165	Uperla Sukar	Rural	Sukkar
166	Uperli Bhadwal	Rural	Mandal
167	Upmohal Tangroti ( 494/7)	Rural	Tangroti
168	Upperla Odar	Rural	Kaliara
169	Upreid	Urban	Not applicable
170	Uthra Gran	Rural	Rashed

Population of Dharmsala Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Dharmsala Tehsil has a total population of 1,36,536 people, consisting of 70,178 males and 66,358 females. There are 31,328 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 404 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	1,36,536	93,744	42,792
Male Population	70,178	47,329	22,849
Female Population	66,358	46,415	19,943
Total Households	31,328	20,798	10,530
Population Density	404 / km²	294 / km²	2,317 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 1,05,117 literate people and 13,986 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 24,722 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 19,479 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	13,986	9,984	4,002
Literate Population	1,05,117	70,890	34,227
Illiterate Population	31,419	22,854	8,565
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	24,722	18,054	6,668
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	19,479	15,796	3,683

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Dharmsala (धर्मशाला)
District	Kangra
State / UT	Himachal Pradesh
Railway Station	Nagrota
Total Area	338 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	945
Total Population (2011)	1,36,536
Density	404/km²
Total Villages	170

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