About Ghatta Village

Ghatta is a small village in Kangra tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 412, made up of 212 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghatta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Kangra
Pincode	176038
Area (hectares)	138.13 hectares
Population	412
Male Population	212
Female Population	200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghatta compares

By the 2011 count Ghatta is the 72nd largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 138.13 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Ghatta

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

Ghatta lies about 19 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, 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 Ghatta
Nearest town	Dharamsala	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kangra	19 km

Villages closest to Ghatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghatta village had a population of 412. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Ghatta village has 212 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghatta has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Ghatta is 176038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghatta covers 138.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghatta falls under Kangra tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghatta is Kangra Mandir, 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 Ghatta.

Ghatta 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.

Ghatta is in Kangra tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 8.2 km away. Kangra Mandir is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.