About Gharun Village

Gharun is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 376, made up of 185 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	176029
Area (hectares)	98.68 hectares
Population	376
Male Population	185
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gharun compares

By the 2011 count Gharun is the 116th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 98.68 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 1082.

Getting to Gharun

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

Gharun lies about 19 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.

Distances from Gharun
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	12 km
District headquarters	Kangra	19 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	34 km

Villages closest to Gharun

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 Gharun

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharun village had a population of 376. That makes it the 116th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Gharun village has 185 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharun has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Gharun is 176029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharun covers 98.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gharun is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 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 Gharun.

Gharun is about 19 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharun is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 6.6 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 12 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.