About Ghatrot Village

Ghatrot is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 250, made up of 117 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,137 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176051, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghatrot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghatrot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176051
Area (hectares)	95.59 hectares
Population	250
Male Population	117
Female Population	133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,137
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghatrot compares

By the 2011 count Ghatrot is the 203rd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 95.59 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Ghatrot

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

Ghatrot lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 19 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 Ghatrot
Nearest town	Dharamsala	16 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	19 km
District headquarters	Kangra	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	26 km

Villages closest to Ghatrot

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 Ghatrot

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghatrot village had a population of 250. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Ghatrot village has 117 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghatrot has about 1137 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Ghatrot is 176051. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghatrot covers 95.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghatrot is Jawanwala Shahr, about 19 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 Ghatrot.

Ghatrot is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghatrot is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 16 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 19 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.