About Ghera Village

Ghera is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 62 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 790 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghera village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	13.46 hectares
Population	111
Male Population	62
Female Population	49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	790
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ghera compares

By the 2011 count Ghera is the 106th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 13.46 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Ghera

Ghera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghera 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghera from other places

Ghera lies about 32 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 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 Ghera
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	32 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	45 km

Villages closest to Ghera

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 Ghera

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghera village had a population of 111. That makes it the 106th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Ghera village has 62 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghera has about 790 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Ghera is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghera covers 13.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghera is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ghera.

Ghera is about 32 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghera is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 7.4 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 25 km away. Kangra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.