About Gardyal Village

Gardyal is a small village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 138 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gardyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gardyal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaswan
Pincode	177112
Area (hectares)	74 hectares
Population	280
Male Population	138
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gardyal compares

By the 2011 count Gardyal is the 51st largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 74 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 1092.

Getting to Gardyal

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

Gardyal lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Gardyal
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaswan	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km

Villages closest to Gardyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gardyal village had a population of 280. That makes it the 51st largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Gardyal village has 138 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gardyal has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Gardyal is 177112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gardyal covers 74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gardyal falls under Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gardyal is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Gardyal.

Gardyal is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gardyal is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 18 km away. Dharamsala is about 21 km away. Jaswan is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.