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About Gugarbara Village

Gugarbara is a small village in Rath tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 391, made up of 203 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 407.24 hectares hectares.

Gugarbara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gugarbara village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Rath
Area (hectares) 407.24 hectares
Population 391
Male Population 203
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gugarbara compares

By the 2011 count Gugarbara is the 88th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents. Its 407.24 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Gugarbara

Gugarbara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gugarbara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Gugarbara from other places

Gugarbara lies about 31 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Gugarbara
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Rath 31 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 31 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 32 km

Villages closest to Gugarbara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gugarbara village had a population of 391. That makes it the 88th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents.

Gugarbara village has 203 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gugarbara has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 874.

Gugarbara covers 407.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gugarbara falls under Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gugarbara is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gugarbara.

Gugarbara is about 31 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gugarbara is in Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 16 km away. Rath is about 31 km away. Hamirpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barda (under 2 km), Barguli Rath (under 2 km) and Barua (under 2 km).

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

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