About Ghalora Village

Ghalora is a mid sized village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 527, made up of 265 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176066, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghalora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghalora village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176066
Area (hectares)	131.84 hectares
Population	527
Male Population	265
Female Population	262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghalora compares

By the 2011 count Ghalora is the 18th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 131.84 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Ghalora

Ghalora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghalora as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Ghalora from other places

Ghalora lies about 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 21 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 Ghalora
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	21 km
District headquarters	Kangra	29 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	40 km

Villages closest to Ghalora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghalora village had a population of 527. That makes it the 18th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Ghalora village has 265 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghalora has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Ghalora is 176066. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghalora covers 131.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghalora falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghalora is Jawalamukhi Road, about 21 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ghalora.

Ghalora is about 29 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghalora is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 5.6 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 21 km away. Kangra is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.