About Gahla Village

Gahla is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 26, made up of 11 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,364 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gahla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Tira Sujanpur
Pincode	177007
Area (hectares)	30.82 hectares
Population	26
Male Population	11
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,364
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gahla compares

By the 2011 count Gahla is the 175th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 30.82 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1207.

Getting to Gahla

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

Gahla lies about 14 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 Gahla
Tehsil headquarters	Tira Sujanpur	4.0 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	29 km
Nearest town	Mandi	44 km

Villages closest to Gahla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tira Sujanpur 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 Gahla

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahla village had a population of 26. That makes it the 175th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Gahla village has 11 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahla has about 1364 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Gahla is 177007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gahla covers 30.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gahla falls under Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gahla 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 Gahla.

Gahla is about 14 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahla is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Tira Sujanpur is about 4.0 km away. Hamirpur is about 14 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.