About Garaunda Village

Garaunda is a small village in Holi tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 123 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 693.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176309, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garaunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garaunda village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Holi
Pincode	176309
Area (hectares)	693.61 hectares
Population	243
Male Population	123
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
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 Garaunda compares

By the 2011 count Garaunda is the 19th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 693.61 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Garaunda

Garaunda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Garaunda 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 Garaunda from other places

Garaunda lies about 60 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Baijnath Paprola, about 31 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 Garaunda
Tehsil headquarters	Holi	14 km
Nearest railway station	Baijnath Paprola	31 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	38 km
District headquarters	Chamba	60 km

Villages closest to Garaunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garaunda village had a population of 243. That makes it the 19th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Garaunda village has 123 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garaunda has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Garaunda is 176309. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garaunda covers 693.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garaunda falls under Holi tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garaunda is Baijnath Paprola, about 31 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 Garaunda.

Garaunda is about 60 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garaunda is in Holi tehsil of Chamba district. Holi is about 14 km away. Baijnath Paprola is about 31 km away. Dharamsala is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.