About Gahar Village

Gahar is a small village in Bhadrota tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 175 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175049, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Bhadrota
Pincode	175049
Area (hectares)	91.19 hectares
Population	377
Male Population	175
Female Population	202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,154
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gahar compares

By the 2011 count Gahar is the 14th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 234 residents. Its 91.19 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Gahar

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

Gahar lies about 37 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 34 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 Gahar
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhadrota	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	34 km
District headquarters	Mandi	37 km

Villages closest to Gahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahar village had a population of 377. That makes it the 14th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 234 residents.

Gahar village has 175 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahar has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Gahar is 175049. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gahar covers 91.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gahar falls under Bhadrota tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gahar is Kiratpur Sahib, about 34 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 Gahar.

Gahar is about 37 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahar is in Bhadrota tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 18 km away. Bhadrota is about 32 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.