About Ghanun Village

Ghanun is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 45, made up of 28 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 607 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghanun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghanun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176101
Area (hectares)	37.54 hectares
Population	45
Male Population	28
Female Population	17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	607
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghanun compares

By the 2011 count Ghanun is the 99th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 37.54 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Ghanun

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

Ghanun lies about 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 6.1 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 Ghanun
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	24 km

Villages closest to Ghanun

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhira 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 Ghanun

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghanun village had a population of 45. That makes it the 99th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Ghanun village has 28 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghanun has about 607 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Ghanun is 176101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghanun covers 37.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghanun falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghanun is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 6.1 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 Ghanun.

Ghanun is about 18 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghanun is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 6.1 km away. Dhira is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.