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About Guhan Village

Guhan is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 189, made up of 92 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176096, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guhan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaisinghpur
Pincode 176096
Area (hectares) 34.79 hectares
Population 189
Male Population 92
Female Population 97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,054
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guhan compares

By the 2011 count Guhan is the 119th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 34.79 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Guhan

Guhan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Guhan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Guhan from other places

Guhan lies about 15 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Guhan
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 11 km
District headquarters Kangra 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaisinghpur 26 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 27 km

Villages closest to Guhan

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.

Common questions about Guhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Guhan village had a population of 189. That makes it the 119th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Guhan village has 92 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guhan has about 1054 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 Guhan is 176096. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guhan covers 34.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Guhan is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Guhan.

Guhan is about 15 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guhan is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 15 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jamula (3.2 km), Chandraun (4.6 km) and Bhati (6.4 km).

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

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