About Gharetra Village

Gharetra is a small village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 214 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharetra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharetra village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Saluni
Pincode	176320
Area (hectares)	77.21 hectares
Population	413
Male Population	214
Female Population	199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gharetra compares

By the 2011 count Gharetra is the 39th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 77.21 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Gharetra

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

Gharetra lies about 5.8 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 45 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 Gharetra
Tehsil headquarters	Saluni	5.8 km
District headquarters	Chamba	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	45 km

Villages closest to Gharetra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharetra village had a population of 413. That makes it the 39th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Gharetra village has 214 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharetra has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Gharetra is 176320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharetra covers 77.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gharetra falls under Saluni tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gharetra is Nurpur Road, about 45 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 Gharetra.

Gharetra is about 5.8 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharetra is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 5.8 km away. Chamba is about 5.8 km away. Nurpur Road is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.