About Ghartheru Village

Ghartheru is a mid sized village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 891, made up of 473 males and 418 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghartheru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghartheru village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177103
Area (hectares)	194.41 hectares
Population	891
Male Population	473
Female Population	418
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghartheru compares

By the 2011 count Ghartheru is the 29th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 194.41 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Ghartheru

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

Ghartheru lies about 36 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Ghartheru
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	19 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	29 km
District headquarters	Kangra	36 km
Nearest town	Nangal	44 km

Villages closest to Ghartheru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghartheru village had a population of 891. That makes it the 29th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Ghartheru village has 473 males and 418 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghartheru has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Ghartheru is 177103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghartheru covers 194.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghartheru falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghartheru is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Ghartheru.

Ghartheru is about 36 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghartheru is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 19 km away. Amb Andaura is about 29 km away. Kangra is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.