About Ghanghol Village

Ghanghol is a small village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 92, made up of 39 males and 53 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,359 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghanghol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghanghol village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baijnath
Pincode	176126
Area (hectares)	73.89 hectares
Population	92
Male Population	39
Female Population	53
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,359
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghanghol compares

By the 2011 count Ghanghol is the 172nd largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 73.89 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1095.

Getting to Ghanghol

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

Ghanghol lies about 15 km from Kangra, 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 Ghanghol
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	11 km
District headquarters	Kangra	15 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baijnath	30 km

Villages closest to Ghanghol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghanghol village had a population of 92. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Ghanghol village has 39 males and 53 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghanghol has about 1359 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Ghanghol is 176126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghanghol covers 73.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghanghol falls under Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghanghol 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 Ghanghol.

Ghanghol is about 15 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghanghol is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 15 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.