About Galehr Village

Galehr is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 91, made up of 45 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176095, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Galehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Galehr village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176095
Area (hectares)	141.21 hectares
Population	91
Male Population	45
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Galehr compares

By the 2011 count Galehr is the 173rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 141.21 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1217.

Getting to Galehr

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

Galehr lies about 12 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 4.6 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 Galehr
Nearest railway station	Samloti	4.6 km
District headquarters	Kangra	12 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	28 km

Villages closest to Galehr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Galehr village had a population of 91. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Galehr village has 45 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Galehr has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Galehr is 176095. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Galehr covers 141.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Galehr falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Galehr is Samloti, about 4.6 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 Galehr.

Galehr is about 12 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Galehr is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 4.6 km away. Kangra is about 12 km away. Dharamsala is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.