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About Ghowri Village

Ghowri is a mid sized village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 680, made up of 316 males and 364 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,152 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176049, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghowri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghowri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Dhatwal
Pincode 176049
Area (hectares) 149.24 hectares
Population 680
Male Population 316
Female Population 364
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,152
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghowri compares

By the 2011 count Ghowri is the 11th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 149.24 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1186.

Getting to Ghowri

Ghowri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghowri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Ghowri from other places

Ghowri lies about 56 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 17 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 Ghowri
Nearest railway station Kiratpur Sahib 17 km
Nearest town Baddi 29 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhatwal 34 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 56 km

Villages closest to Ghowri

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

Common questions about Ghowri

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghowri village had a population of 680. That makes it the 11th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

Ghowri village has 316 males and 364 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghowri has about 1152 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1186.

The pincode recorded for Ghowri is 176049. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghowri covers 149.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghowri falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghowri is Kiratpur Sahib, about 17 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 <5 km distance for Ghowri.

Ghowri is about 56 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghowri is in Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 17 km away. Baddi is about 29 km away. Dhatwal is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bijhri (under 2 km), Dabhiri (under 2 km) and Gharyani Darwari (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ghowri today is likely to be higher.

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