About Ghan Ban Village

Ghan Ban is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 35 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 557.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Ghan Ban compares

By the 2011 count Ghan Ban is the 259th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 557.19 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Ghan Ban

Ghan Ban is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Ghan Ban as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Ghan Ban from other places

Ghan Ban lies about 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 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 Ghan Ban

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

• Ban Amloh under 2 km
• Ban Bakard under 2 km
• Ban Chhabar under 2 km
• Ban Tili under 2 km
• Bang Bhanyal under 2 km
• Bangoli Nichli under 2 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.