About Ghamarwin Village

Ghamarwin is a mid sized village in Barsar tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 520, made up of 253 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghamarwin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghamarwin village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Barsar
Pincode	174305
Area (hectares)	108.77 hectares
Population	520
Male Population	253
Female Population	267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghamarwin compares

By the 2011 count Ghamarwin is the 16th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 232 residents. Its 108.77 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1122.

Getting to Ghamarwin

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

Ghamarwin lies about 32 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 29 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 Ghamarwin
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barsar	26 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	29 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	32 km

Villages closest to Ghamarwin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghamarwin village had a population of 520. That makes it the 16th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 232 residents.

Ghamarwin village has 253 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghamarwin has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1122.

The pincode recorded for Ghamarwin is 174305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghamarwin covers 108.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghamarwin falls under Barsar tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghamarwin is Olinda, about 29 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 Ghamarwin.

Ghamarwin is about 32 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghamarwin is in Barsar tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 21 km away. Barsar is about 26 km away. Olinda is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.