About Ghural Village

Ghural is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 311, made up of 151 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghural Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghural village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176306
Area (hectares)	35.02 hectares
Population	311
Male Population	151
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,060
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghural compares

By the 2011 count Ghural is the 40th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 35.02 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Ghural

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

Ghural lies about 35 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 5.8 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 Ghural
Nearest railway station	Talara	5.8 km
Nearest town	Mamun	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	30 km
District headquarters	Chamba	35 km

Villages closest to Ghural

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 Ghural

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghural village had a population of 311. That makes it the 40th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Ghural village has 151 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghural has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

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

Ghural covers 35.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghural is Talara, about 5.8 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 Ghural.

Ghural is about 35 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghural is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Talara is about 5.8 km away. Mamun is about 22 km away. Dalhousie is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.