About Gwahta Village

Gwahta is a small village in Bhoranj tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 52 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,212 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176045, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gwahta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gwahta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Bhoranj
Pincode	176045
Area (hectares)	42.45 hectares
Population	115
Male Population	52
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,212
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gwahta compares

By the 2011 count Gwahta is the 208th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 335 residents. Its 42.45 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1213.

Getting to Gwahta

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

Gwahta lies about 39 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 18 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 Gwahta
Nearest town	Mandi	15 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhoranj	32 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	39 km

Villages closest to Gwahta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gwahta village had a population of 115. That makes it the 208th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 335 residents.

Gwahta village has 52 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gwahta has about 1212 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1213.

The pincode recorded for Gwahta is 176045. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gwahta covers 42.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gwahta falls under Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gwahta is Buffer Stop, about 18 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 Gwahta.

Gwahta is about 39 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gwahta is in Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district. Mandi is about 15 km away. Buffer Stop is about 18 km away. Bhoranj is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.