About Guin Village

Guin is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 38, made up of 18 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guin village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176101
Area (hectares)	92.31 hectares
Population	38
Male Population	18
Female Population	20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Guin compares

By the 2011 count Guin is the 102nd largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 92.31 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Guin

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

Guin lies about 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Paror, about 6.9 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 Guin
Nearest railway station	Paror	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	16 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	23 km

Villages closest to Guin

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 Guin

As per the Census of India 2011, Guin village had a population of 38. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Guin village has 18 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guin has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1176.

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

Guin covers 92.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Guin is Paror, about 6.9 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 Guin.

Guin is about 16 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guin is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Paror is about 6.9 km away. Dhira is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.