About Ghalun Village

Ghalun is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 189, made up of 89 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,124 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176076, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghalun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghalun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176076
Area (hectares)	56.18 hectares
Population	189
Male Population	89
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,124
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ghalun compares

By the 2011 count Ghalun is the 277th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 56.18 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Ghalun

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

Ghalun lies about 8.5 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 3.1 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 Ghalun
Nearest railway station	Samloti	3.1 km
District headquarters	Kangra	8.5 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	20 km

Villages closest to Ghalun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghalun village had a population of 189. That makes it the 277th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Ghalun village has 89 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghalun has about 1124 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Ghalun is 176076. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghalun covers 56.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghalun falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghalun is Samloti, about 3.1 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 Ghalun.

Ghalun is about 8.5 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghalun is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 3.1 km away. Kangra is about 8.5 km away. Dharamsala is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.