About Gandhiar Village

Gandhiar is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 408, made up of 197 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandhiar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhiar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176306
Area (hectares)	158.9 hectares
Population	408
Male Population	197
Female Population	211
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 Gandhiar compares

By the 2011 count Gandhiar is the 28th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 158.9 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Gandhiar

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

Gandhiar lies about 9.1 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 46 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 Gandhiar
District headquarters	Chamba	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	17 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	46 km

Villages closest to Gandhiar

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.

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Common questions about Gandhiar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhiar village had a population of 408. That makes it the 28th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Gandhiar village has 197 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhiar has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Gandhiar is 176306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandhiar covers 158.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gandhiar is Nurpur Road, about 46 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 Gandhiar.

Gandhiar is about 9.1 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandhiar is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 9.1 km away. Dalhousie is about 17 km away. Nurpur Road is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.