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About Ghatota Village

Ghatota is a small village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 118 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghatota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghatota village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Indora
Pincode 176403
Area (hectares) 178.98 hectares
Population 222
Male Population 118
Female Population 104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ghatota compares

By the 2011 count Ghatota is the 75th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 178.98 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 962.

Getting to Ghatota

Ghatota is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ghatota 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghatota from other places

Ghatota lies about 60 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chak Kalan, about under 2 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 Ghatota
Nearest railway station Chak Kalan under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Indora 13 km
Nearest town Mukeriān 14 km
District headquarters Kangra 60 km

Villages closest to Ghatota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghatota village had a population of 222. That makes it the 75th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Ghatota village has 118 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghatota has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Ghatota is 176403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghatota covers 178.98 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.

Ghatota falls under Indora tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghatota is Chak Kalan, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ghatota.

Ghatota is about 60 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghatota is in Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Chak Kalan is about under 2 km away. Indora is about 13 km away. Mukeriān is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghata (under 2 km), Melwan (under 2 km) and Dhamota (2.0 km).

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

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