About Golwan Khas Village

Golwan Khas is a mid sized village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 824, made up of 405 males and 419 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Golwan Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golwan Khas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176022
Area (hectares)	295.64 hectares
Population	824
Male Population	405
Female Population	419
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Golwan Khas compares

By the 2011 count Golwan Khas is the 54th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 295.64 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 Golwan Khas

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

Golwan Khas lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 20 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 Golwan Khas
Nearest town	Dharamsala	15 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	20 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	27 km

Villages closest to Golwan Khas

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 Golwan Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Golwan Khas village had a population of 824. That makes it the 54th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Golwan Khas village has 405 males and 419 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golwan Khas has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Golwan Khas is 176022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Golwan Khas covers 295.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Golwan Khas falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Golwan Khas is Jawanwala Shahr, about 20 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 Golwan Khas.

Golwan Khas is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Golwan Khas is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 15 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 20 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.