About Gul Village

Gul is a small village in Bhalai tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 79 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,139 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gul village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhalai
Pincode	176312
Area (hectares)	191 hectares
Population	169
Male Population	79
Female Population	90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,139
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gul compares

By the 2011 count Gul is the 61st largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 325 residents. Its 191 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Gul

Gul is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gul as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gul from other places

Gul lies about 32 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Dalhousie Road, about 22 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 Gul
Nearest railway station	Dalhousie Road	22 km
Nearest town	Mamun	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalai	26 km
District headquarters	Chamba	32 km

Villages closest to Gul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gul village had a population of 169. That makes it the 61st largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 325 residents.

Gul village has 79 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gul has about 1139 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Gul is 176312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gul covers 191 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gul falls under Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gul is Dalhousie Road, about 22 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 10+ km distance for Gul.

Gul is about 32 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gul is in Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district. Dalhousie Road is about 22 km away. Mamun is about 24 km away. Bhalai is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.