Nurpur Tehsil - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Nurpur 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. Nurpur is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Nurpur Road, while the nearest airport is Pathankot Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 19.6 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 540 km², including 535.67 km² rural area and 4.75 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 959 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Nurpur Tehsil

Nurpur Tehsil has a total of 166 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	Aghar	Rural	Aghar
2	Agrah Da Ban	Rural	Baranda
3	Baduhi	Rural	Baduhi
4	Badwal	Rural	Bhaleta
5	Bagh Raja	Rural	Nagabadi
6	Baghni	Rural	Bhaghni
7	Baldun	Rural	Khajjan
8	Ban	Rural	Nagni
9	Ban Tattal	Rural	Baruhi
10	Band Kardian	Rural	Khel
11	Baral	Rural	Bhaloon
12	Bariara	Rural	Khel
13	Barmoli Jhikli	Rural	Bhadwar
14	Barmoli Upperli	Rural	Bhadwar
15	Baruhi	Rural	Baruhi
16	Basa	Rural	Nagabadi
17	Basa	Rural	Thora
18	Basa Balhu	Rural	Punder
19	Basa Hadialan	Rural	Bassa Waziran
20	Basa Harar	Rural	Baruhi
21	Basa Samletian	Rural	Bhaloon
22	Basa Thandian	Rural	Kopra
23	Basa Totarwan	Rural	Baruhi
24	Bassa	Rural	Rit Upperli
25	Bassa Kardwala	Rural	Baruhi
26	Batnial	Rural	Kheriyan
27	Bhadwan	Rural	Bhadwar
28	Bhaleta	Rural	Bhaleta
29	Bhalun	Rural	Bhaloon
30	Bhanodu	Rural	Nagni
31	Bharmal	Rural	Kopra
32	Bharmoli	Rural	Bhaleta
33	Bharnoli	Rural	Bhadwar
34	Bharnu	Rural	Hadal
35	Bhatal	Rural	Punder
36	Bhati	Rural	Kamnala
37	Bhatka	Rural	Kopra
38	Bhatoli	Rural	Bhadwar
39	Bhol Thakran	Rural	Minjhgran
40	Bhugnara	Rural	Kulahan
41	Branda	Rural	Baranda
42	Chakwan Khani	Rural	Khanni Uperali
43	Chakwan Thohra	Rural	Thora
44	Chandrahan	Rural	Kandwal
45	Chaugan	Rural	Khanni Uperali
46	Chaunki	Rural	Kopra
47	Chhatroli Khas	Rural	Chhatroli
48	Chho	Rural	Punder
49	Chogan (153/1)	Urban	Not applicable
50	Damoh	Rural	Minjhgran
51	Dhameen	Rural	Punder
52	Dhar	Rural	Baranda
53	Duhg	Rural	Khel
54	Dumal Kaila	Rural	Hadal
55	Durgh	Rural	Bhaghni
56	Gahin	Rural	Ghehin Lagore
57	Galor Khas	Rural	Thora
58	Garniadu	Rural	Bhadwar
59	Ghandwal	Rural	Kandwal
60	Gharthara	Rural	Khanni Jhikli
61	Ghuliana	Rural	Punder
62	Ghurnu	Rural	Khel
63	Ghuryal	Rural	Kheriyan
64	Giora	Rural	Giora
65	Gudli 62)	Rural	Khanni Uperali
66	Gularpur	Rural	Nagni
67	Gunoh	Rural	Panjahara
68	Hadal Jhikli	Rural	Hadal
69	Hadal Uperli	Rural	Hadal
70	Haler	Rural	Chhatroli
71	Hangera	Rural	Khel
72	Har	Rural	Khajjan
73	Hatli	Rural	Hatli Jamwala
74	Jachh	Rural	Jachh
75	Janhun	Rural	Kheriyan
76	Jara	Rural	Baruhi
77	Jassur Khas	Rural	Jassur
78	Jatoli	Rural	Thora
79	Jhakar Ban	Rural	Bhadwar
80	Jharoli	Rural	Kheriyan
81	Jonta	Rural	Punder
82	Jungal Bhol Thakran	Rural	Minjhgran
83	Jungal Chhatril	Rural	Punder
84	Kadroh	Rural	Kheriyan
85	Kalera	Rural	Bhadwar
86	Kamnala Khas	Rural	Kamnala
87	Kandi	Rural	Bassa Waziran
88	Kapahri	Rural	Hadal
89	Kathal	Rural	Bhaleta
90	Keharna	Rural	Aghar
91	Khairian Khas	Rural	Kheriyan
92	Khajjian	Rural	Bhadwar
93	Khalun	Rural	Baruhi
94	Khani Jhikli	Rural	Khanni Jhikli
95	Khani Uperli	Rural	Khanni Uperali
96	Kharod	Rural	Thora
97	Khel	Rural	Khel
98	Kohri	Rural	Nagni
99	Kopar	Rural	Punder
100	Kopra Khas	Rural	Kopra
101	Kulahan	Rural	Kulahan
102	Kut	Rural	Baranda
103	Kuther	Rural	Nagni
104	Lagor	Rural	Ghehin Lagore
105	Lakhanpur	Rural	Rit Upperli
106	Lihora	Rural	Hadal
107	Lundar	Rural	Khel
108	Maira Batrah	Rural	Hadal
109	Mamur	Rural	Giora
110	Manehr	Rural	Punder
111	Mankot	Rural	Punder
112	Mat	Rural	Khel
113	Matholi	Rural	Kamnala
114	Mau	Rural	Punder
115	Mehlri	Rural	Khel
116	Mehti	Rural	Kopra
117	Minjhgran	Rural	Minjhgran
118	Mugniala	Rural	Minjhgran
119	Mungtial	Rural	Kamnala
120	Naga Bari	Rural	Nagabadi
121	Nage Da Pail	Rural	Khel
122	Nala	Rural	Hadal
123	Nanglahar	Rural	Basa
124	Niazpur (154/4)	Urban	Not applicable
125	Nolahar	Rural	Minjhgran
126	Pachan	Rural	Nagni
127	Pail	Rural	Khanni Jhikli
128	Paleen	Rural	Punder
129	Panjahra Baraswalan	Rural	Panjahara
130	Panjahra Damuwal	Rural	Panjahara
131	Panjahra Dhallan	Rural	Panjahara
132	Pucca Tiala	Rural	Pucca Tiyala
133	Rakhundli	Rural	Minjhgran
134	Rampuri (153/3)	Urban	Not applicable
135	Reena	Rural	Nagni
136	Reserve Jangal Bassa Hadialan	Rural	Bassa Waziran
137	Reserve Jangal Bindraban	Rural	Nagni
138	Reserve Jungle Mah Dhar	Rural	Baruhi
139	Rit Jhikli	Rural	Rit Upperli
140	Rit Upperli	Rural	Rit Upperli
141	Ror	Rural	Aghar
142	Rupana Lahar	Rural	Bhaleta
143	Saglot	Rural	Kopra
144	Sahni	Rural	Kheriyan
145	Salkoh	Rural	Bhadwar
146	Samman	Rural	Khel
147	Sanera	Rural	Kopra
148	Sangrehla	Rural	Bhadwar
149	Sanjor	Rural	Kheriyan
150	Saprola	Rural	Khel
151	Satiara	Rural	Punder
152	Sudrahr	Rural	Bhaleta
153	Sugar Nala	Rural	Pucca Tiyala
154	Sujanta	Rural	Punder
155	Swarag Ashram(153-2)	Urban	Not applicable
156	Tannan	Rural	Nagni
157	Tareta	Rural	Giora
158	Tatal	Rural	Khel
159	Thana	Rural	Kamnala
160	Ther	Rural	Kopra
161	Thora Khas	Rural	Thora
162	Tika Nagrota	Rural	Hathi Dhar
163	Tikkar	Rural	Panjahara
164	Tund	Rural	Aghar
165	Tunun	Rural	Khanni Jhikli
166	Uprer	Rural	Kopra

Population of Nurpur Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Nurpur Tehsil has a total population of 1,76,525 people, consisting of 90,074 males and 86,451 females. There are 37,267 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 327 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	1,76,525	1,66,718	9,807
Male Population	90,074	84,969	5,105
Female Population	86,451	81,749	4,702
Total Households	37,267	35,130	2,137
Population Density	327 / km²	311 / km²	2,065 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 1,34,597 literate people and 19,662 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 37,004 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 8,721 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)	19,662	18,785	877
Literate Population	1,34,597	1,26,501	8,096
Illiterate Population	41,928	40,217	1,711
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	37,004	35,414	1,590
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	8,721	8,469	252

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)	Nurpur (नूरपुर)
District	Kangra
State / UT	Himachal Pradesh
Railway Station	Nurpur Road
Total Area	540 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	959
Total Population (2011)	1,76,525
Density	327/km²
Total Villages	166

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