About Garh Village

Garh is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 354, made up of 177 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176302
Area (hectares)	167.11 hectares
Population	354
Male Population	177
Female Population	177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garh compares

By the 2011 count Garh is the 32nd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 167.11 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Garh

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

Garh lies about 16 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 53 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 Garh
District headquarters	Chamba	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	22 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	53 km

Villages closest to Garh

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Garh village had a population of 354. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Garh village has 177 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garh has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Garh is 176302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garh covers 167.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garh falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garh is Nurpur Road, about 53 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 Garh.

Garh is about 16 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garh is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 16 km away. Dalhousie is about 22 km away. Nurpur Road is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.