About Gharun Village

Gharun is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 115 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176096, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176096
Area (hectares)	37.37 hectares
Population	243
Male Population	115
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,113
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gharun compares

By the 2011 count Gharun is the 93rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 37.37 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Gharun

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

Gharun lies about 19 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 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 Gharun
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	12 km
District headquarters	Kangra	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	31 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	34 km

Villages closest to Gharun

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 Gharun

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharun village had a population of 243. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Gharun village has 115 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharun has about 1113 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 Gharun is 176096. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharun covers 37.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Gharun is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 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 Gharun.

Gharun is about 19 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharun is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 12 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.