About Ghian Village

Ghian is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 159, made up of 74 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,149 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghian village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Tira Sujanpur
Pincode	176109
Area (hectares)	154 hectares
Population	159
Male Population	74
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,149
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghian compares

By the 2011 count Ghian is the 86th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 154 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Ghian

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

Ghian 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 Ghian
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 Ghian

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 Ghian

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghian village had a population of 159. That makes it the 86th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Ghian village has 74 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghian has about 1149 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Ghian is 176109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghian covers 154 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghian 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 village for Ghian.

Ghian 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.

Ghian 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.