About Gola Village

Gola is a mid sized village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 915, made up of 426 males and 489 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,148 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gola village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Sihunta
Pincode	176207
Area (hectares)	489.53 hectares
Population	915
Male Population	426
Female Population	489
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,148
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gola compares

By the 2011 count Gola is the 12th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 489.53 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Gola

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

Gola lies about 20 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 22 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 Gola
Tehsil headquarters	Sihunta	9.5 km
District headquarters	Chamba	20 km
Nearest railway station	Talara	22 km

Villages closest to Gola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gola village had a population of 915. That makes it the 12th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Gola village has 426 males and 489 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gola has about 1148 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Gola is 176207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gola covers 489.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gola falls under Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gola is Talara, about 22 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 Gola.

Gola is about 20 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gola is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Sihunta is about 9.5 km away. Chamba is about 20 km away. Talara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.