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About Gharnual Village

Gharnual is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4, made up of 3 males and 1 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 333 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharnual Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharnual village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176056
Area (hectares) 14.21 hectares
Population 4
Male Population 3
Female Population 1
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 333
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gharnual compares

By the 2011 count Gharnual is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 14.21 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Gharnual

Gharnual is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gharnual as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Gharnual from other places

Gharnual lies about 6.5 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 2.5 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 Gharnual
Nearest railway station Samloti 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 5.8 km
District headquarters Kangra 6.5 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 16 km

Villages closest to Gharnual

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagrota Bagwan 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.

Common questions about Gharnual

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharnual village had a population of 4. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Gharnual village has 3 males and 1 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharnual has about 333 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Gharnual is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharnual covers 14.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gharnual falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gharnual is Samloti, about 2.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gharnual.

Gharnual is about 6.5 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharnual is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 2.5 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 5.8 km away. Kangra is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kali Jan (under 2 km), Ghutu (under 2 km) and Tarkhan Kar (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gharnual today is likely to be higher.

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