About Gharthun Village

Gharthun is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 236, made up of 120 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177048, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharthun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharthun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177048
Area (hectares)	43.7 hectares
Population	236
Male Population	120
Female Population	116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gharthun compares

By the 2011 count Gharthun is the 101st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 43.7 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Gharthun

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

Gharthun lies about 26 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, 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 Gharthun
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	18 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	18 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	37 km

Villages closest to Gharthun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharthun village had a population of 236. That makes it the 101st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Gharthun village has 120 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharthun has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Gharthun is 177048. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharthun covers 43.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gharthun falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gharthun is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, 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 Gharthun.

Gharthun is about 26 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharthun is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Nadaun is about 18 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 18 km away. Hamirpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.