About Ghratu Village

Ghratu is a small village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 42 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghratu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghratu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Indora
Pincode	176022
Area (hectares)	39.26 hectares
Population	70
Male Population	42
Female Population	28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	667
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghratu compares

By the 2011 count Ghratu is the 98th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 39.26 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Ghratu

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

Ghratu lies about 40 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Bharmar, about 11 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 Ghratu
Nearest railway station	Bharmar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Indora	12 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	21 km
District headquarters	Kangra	40 km

Villages closest to Ghratu

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.

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Common questions about Ghratu

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghratu village had a population of 70. That makes it the 98th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Ghratu village has 42 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghratu has about 667 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 Ghratu is 176022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghratu covers 39.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghratu is Bharmar, about 11 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 Ghratu.

Ghratu is about 40 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghratu is in Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Bharmar is about 11 km away. Indora is about 12 km away. Talwāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.