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About Guhral Village

Guhral is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 409, made up of 204 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guhral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guhral village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177110
Area (hectares) 179.43 hectares
Population 409
Male Population 204
Female Population 205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guhral compares

By the 2011 count Guhral is the 106th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 179.43 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 Guhral

Guhral is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Guhral as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Guhral from other places

Guhral lies about 34 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Daulatpur Chowk, 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 Guhral
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 12 km
Nearest railway station Daulatpur Chowk 12 km
Nearest town Talwāra 27 km
District headquarters Kangra 34 km

Villages closest to Guhral

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.

Common questions about Guhral

As per the Census of India 2011, Guhral village had a population of 409. That makes it the 106th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Guhral village has 204 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guhral has about 1005 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 Guhral is 177110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guhral covers 179.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Guhral is Daulatpur Chowk, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Guhral.

Guhral is about 34 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guhral is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 12 km away. Daulatpur Chowk is about 12 km away. Talwāra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gangot (under 2 km), Chalali (under 2 km) and Moien (under 2 km).

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

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