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About Gherun Village

Gherun is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 32, made up of 19 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 684 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gherun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gherun village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176056
Area (hectares) 21.04 hectares
Population 32
Male Population 19
Female Population 13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 684
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gherun compares

By the 2011 count Gherun is the 140th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 21.04 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 Gherun

The census records public bus service for Gherun 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gherun from other places

Gherun lies about 5.5 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 Gherun
Nearest railway station Samloti 2.5 km
District headquarters Kangra 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 5.9 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 15 km

Villages closest to Gherun

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 Gherun

As per the Census of India 2011, Gherun village had a population of 32. That makes it the 140th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Gherun village has 19 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gherun has about 684 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 Gherun is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gherun covers 21.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gherun is Samloti, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Gherun.

Gherun is about 5.5 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gherun is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 2.5 km away. Kangra is about 5.5 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 5.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lili (under 2 km), Dhar (under 2 km) and Chakban Baldhar (under 2 km).

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

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