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About Ghandholi Village

Ghandholi is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 38 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,237 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghandholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghandholi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Tira Sujanpur
Pincode 176110
Area (hectares) 30.06 hectares
Population 85
Male Population 38
Female Population 47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,237
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghandholi compares

By the 2011 count Ghandholi is the 122nd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 30.06 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Ghandholi

Ghandholi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghandholi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Ghandholi from other places

Ghandholi lies about 37 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 11 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 Ghandholi
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Tira Sujanpur 22 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 27 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 37 km

Villages closest to Ghandholi

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.

Common questions about Ghandholi

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghandholi village had a population of 85. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Ghandholi village has 38 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghandholi has about 1237 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Ghandholi is 176110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghandholi covers 30.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghandholi is Jawalamukhi Road, about 11 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 <5 km distance for Ghandholi.

Ghandholi is about 37 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghandholi is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 11 km away. Tira Sujanpur is about 22 km away. Dharamsala is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghian (under 2 km), Khanoli (2.7 km) and Riah (3.0 km).

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

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