About Gainhi Village

Gainhi is a mid sized village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 903, made up of 470 males and 433 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 256.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gainhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gainhi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176204
Area (hectares)	256.56 hectares
Population	903
Male Population	470
Female Population	433
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gainhi compares

By the 2011 count Gainhi is the 41st largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 256.56 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 971.

Getting to Gainhi

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

Gainhi lies about 39 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 5.0 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 Gainhi
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	3.2 km
Nearest railway station	Talara	5.0 km
Nearest town	Mamun	20 km
District headquarters	Kangra	39 km

Villages closest to Gainhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gainhi village had a population of 903. That makes it the 41st largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Gainhi village has 470 males and 433 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gainhi has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Gainhi is 176204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gainhi covers 256.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gainhi falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gainhi is Talara, about 5.0 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 Gainhi.

Gainhi is about 39 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gainhi is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur is about 3.2 km away. Talara is about 5.0 km away. Mamun is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.