About Girbar Village

Girbar is a large village in Rath tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,658, made up of 1,415 males and 1,243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 737.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girbar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girbar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Rath
Pincode	210431
Area (hectares)	737.64 hectares
Population	2,658
Male Population	1,415
Female Population	1,243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
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 Girbar compares

By the 2011 count Girbar is the 17th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents. Its 737.64 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Girbar

Girbar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Girbar 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 Girbar from other places

Girbar 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 Girbar
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 Girbar

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.

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Common questions about Girbar

As per the Census of India 2011, Girbar village had a population of 2,658. That makes it the 17th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents.

Girbar village has 1,415 males and 1,243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girbar has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 874.

The pincode recorded for Girbar is 210431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Girbar covers 737.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Girbar 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 Girbar.

Girbar 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.

Girbar 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.