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About Gunehr Village

Gunehr is a mid sized village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,228, made up of 599 males and 629 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176195, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunehr village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Baijnath
Pincode 176195
Area (hectares) 294.47 hectares
Population 1,228
Male Population 599
Female Population 629
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,050
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gunehr compares

By the 2011 count Gunehr is the 14th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 294.47 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1095.

Getting to Gunehr

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

Gunehr lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about under 2 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 Gunehr
Nearest railway station Panchrukhi under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Baijnath 6.7 km
District headquarters Kangra 30 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 31 km

Villages closest to Gunehr

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.

Common questions about Gunehr

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunehr village had a population of 1,228. That makes it the 14th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Gunehr village has 599 males and 629 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunehr has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Gunehr is 176195. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gunehr covers 294.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gunehr is Panchrukhi, about under 2 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 Gunehr.

Gunehr is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunehr is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Panchrukhi is about under 2 km away. Baijnath is about 6.7 km away. Kangra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khudli (under 2 km), Mandreta (under 2 km) and Nagata (1.5 km).

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

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