Kangra is a district in Himachal Pradesh State of India. It has a total of 21 Tehsils in this district. The district has an total area of 5,739 sq km. There are 9 towns and 3,869 villages in this district.
As per census Kangra District has a population of 1,510,075 in 2011 out of which 750,591 are male and 759,484 are female. Population of Kangra District in 2020/2021 is 1,603,384(estimates as per aadhar uidai.gov.in feb 2019 data). Literate people are 1,152,640 out of 606,443 are male and 546,197 are female. People living in Kangra District depend on multiple skills, total workers are 675,170 out of which men are 403,756 and women are 271,414. Total 69,424 Cultivators are depended on agriculture farming out of 43,628 are cultivated by men and 25,796 are women. 11,122 people works in agricultural land as labor, men are 8,403 and 2,719 are women. Kangra District sex ratio is 1,012 females per 1000 of males. Next Kangra District Census will be in 2021.
The district has an total area of 5,739 sq km., 48 sq km is urban and 5691 sq km is rural. Out of total population of 1,676,184 in the district, 86,281 are in urban area and 1,423,794 are in rural area. 20,508 households are in urban, 318,379 are in rural area. 70,198 literate people are in urban, 1,082,442 are in rural area.
Geography of Kangra
Languages spoken are Hindi
| Tehsils | Population 2011 | Male | Female | Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurpur | 176,525 | 90,074 | 86,451 | 37,267 |
| Indora | 81,226 | 42,226 | 39,000 | 16,720 |
| Fatehpur | 62,041 | 31,105 | 30,936 | 13,185 |
| Jawali | 112,746 | 56,022 | 56,724 | 24,532 |
| Harchakian | 13,841 | 6,746 | 7,095 | 3,125 |
| Shahpur | 67,758 | 33,220 | 34,538 | 15,082 |
| Dharmsala | 136,536 | 70,178 | 66,358 | 31,328 |
| Kangra | 97,568 | 49,194 | 48,374 | 21,432 |
| Nagrota Bagwan | 76,899 | 38,347 | 38,552 | 17,068 |
| Baroh | 25,789 | 12,403 | 13,386 | 5,725 |
| Dera Gopipur | 120,783 | 58,552 | 62,231 | 27,654 |
| Jawalamukhi | 43,504 | 21,186 | 22,318 | 9,740 |
| Jaswan | 32,520 | 15,907 | 16,613 | 7,486 |
| Rakkar | 29,503 | 14,451 | 15,052 | 6,765 |
| Khundian | 38,231 | 18,607 | 19,624 | 8,268 |
| Thural | 19,287 | 9,034 | 10,253 | 4,658 |
| Dhira | 22,119 | 10,498 | 11,621 | 5,298 |
| Jaisinghpur | 61,082 | 27,938 | 33,144 | 15,393 |
| Palampur | 189,276 | 93,807 | 95,469 | 44,501 |
| Baijnath | 95,229 | 47,175 | 48,054 | 22,112 |
| Multhan | 7,612 | 3,921 | 3,691 | 1,548 |