About Ghur Village

Ghur is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 253, made up of 115 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176107
Area (hectares)	27.06 hectares
Population	253
Male Population	115
Female Population	138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,200
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghur compares

By the 2011 count Ghur is the 31st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 27.06 hectares work out to about 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Ghur

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

Ghur lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Ghur
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	35 km

Villages closest to Ghur

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 Ghur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghur village had a population of 253. That makes it the 31st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Ghur village has 115 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghur has about 1200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

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

Ghur covers 27.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ghur falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghur is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Ghur.

Ghur is about 26 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghur is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about under 2 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.