About Gharhella Kalan Village

Gharhella Kalan is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 263, made up of 108 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,435 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharhella Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharhella Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176107
Area (hectares)	94.11 hectares
Population	263
Male Population	108
Female Population	155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,435
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gharhella Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gharhella Kalan is the 29th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 94.11 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 1158.

Getting to Gharhella Kalan

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

Gharhella Kalan lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about 8.9 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 Gharhella Kalan
Nearest railway station	Koparlahar	8.9 km
District headquarters	Kangra	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	15 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	23 km

Villages closest to Gharhella Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thural 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 Gharhella Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharhella Kalan village had a population of 263. That makes it the 29th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Gharhella Kalan village has 108 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharhella Kalan has about 1435 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Gharhella Kalan is 176107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharhella Kalan covers 94.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gharhella Kalan falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gharhella Kalan is Koparlahar, about 8.9 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 Gharhella Kalan.

Gharhella Kalan is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharhella Kalan is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about 8.9 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Thural is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.