About Ghamrotha Village

Ghamrotha is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 166 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176059, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghamrotha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghamrotha village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176059
Area (hectares)	118.06 hectares
Population	318
Male Population	166
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghamrotha compares

By the 2011 count Ghamrotha is the 201st largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 118.06 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1062.

Getting to Ghamrotha

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

Ghamrotha lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Palampur Himachal, about 7.7 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 Ghamrotha
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Palampur Himachal	7.7 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	22 km

Villages closest to Ghamrotha

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 Ghamrotha

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghamrotha village had a population of 318. That makes it the 201st largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Ghamrotha village has 166 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghamrotha has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Ghamrotha is 176059. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghamrotha covers 118.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghamrotha is Palampur Himachal, about 7.7 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 Ghamrotha.

Ghamrotha is about 22 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghamrotha is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Palampur is about 7.2 km away. Palampur Himachal is about 7.7 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.