About Agthan Village

Agthan is a small village in Galore tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 127, made up of 53 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,396 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Agthan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agthan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Galore
Pincode	177026
Area (hectares)	69 hectares
Population	127
Male Population	53
Female Population	74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,396
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Agthan compares

By the 2011 count Agthan is the 77th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 251 residents. Its 69 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1177.

Getting to Agthan

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

Agthan lies about 15 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, 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 Agthan
District headquarters	Hamirpur	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Galore	20 km
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	29 km
Nearest town	Mandi	45 km

Villages closest to Agthan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Agthan village had a population of 127. That makes it the 77th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 251 residents.

Agthan village has 53 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agthan has about 1396 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1177.

The pincode recorded for Agthan is 177026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Agthan covers 69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Agthan falls under Galore tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Agthan is Panchrukhi, 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 Agthan.

Agthan is about 15 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agthan is in Galore tehsil of Hamirpur district. Hamirpur is about 15 km away. Galore is about 20 km away. Panchrukhi is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.