About Gont Village

Gont is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 252, made up of 144 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176061, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gont Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gont village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176061
Area (hectares)	62.61 hectares
Population	252
Male Population	144
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	750
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gont compares

By the 2011 count Gont is the 243rd largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 62.61 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Gont

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

Gont lies about 31 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Patti Rajpura, about 7.5 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 Gont
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	3.0 km
Nearest railway station	Patti Rajpura	7.5 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km
District headquarters	Kangra	31 km

Villages closest to Gont

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 Gont

As per the Census of India 2011, Gont village had a population of 252. That makes it the 243rd largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Gont village has 144 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gont has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Gont is 176061. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gont covers 62.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gont is Patti Rajpura, about 7.5 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 Gont.

Gont is about 31 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gont is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Palampur is about 3.0 km away. Patti Rajpura is about 7.5 km away. Dharamsala is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.