About Gagla Village

Gagla is a mid sized village in Chamba tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 760, made up of 367 males and 393 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gagla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Chamba
Pincode	176311
Area (hectares)	321.36 hectares
Population	760
Male Population	367
Female Population	393
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,071
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gagla compares

By the 2011 count Gagla is the 77th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 321.36 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Gagla

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

Gagla lies about 3.5 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 40 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 Gagla
Tehsil headquarters	Chamba	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	40 km

Villages closest to Gagla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagla village had a population of 760. That makes it the 77th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Gagla village has 367 males and 393 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagla has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Gagla is 176311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gagla covers 321.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gagla falls under Chamba tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gagla is Nurpur Road, about 40 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gagla.

Gagla is about 3.5 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gagla is in Chamba tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 3.5 km away. Nurpur Road is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.