About Gugana Village

Gugana is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 314, made up of 166 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gugana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gugana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	70.81 hectares
Population	314
Male Population	166
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gugana compares

By the 2011 count Gugana is the 46th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 70.81 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Gugana

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

Gugana lies about 32 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 26 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 Gugana
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	26 km
District headquarters	Kangra	32 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	45 km

Villages closest to Gugana

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 Gugana

As per the Census of India 2011, Gugana village had a population of 314. That makes it the 46th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Gugana village has 166 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gugana has about 892 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 Gugana is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gugana covers 70.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gugana is Jawalamukhi Road, about 26 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 Gugana.

Gugana 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.

Gugana is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 8.0 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 26 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.