About Gharnot Village

Gharnot is a small village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 472, made up of 240 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176063, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Gharnot compares

By the 2011 count Gharnot is the 71st largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 72.14 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1095.

Getting to Gharnot

Gharnot is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gharnot 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gharnot from other places

Gharnot lies about 38 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Baijnath Mandir, about 5.0 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.

Villages closest to Gharnot

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

• Pansoa under 2 km
• Sakri Khas under 2 km
• Harsakri under 2 km
• Mahankal under 2 km
• Bandian 1.5 km
• Sukaran 1.8 km

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.