About Ger Village

Ger is a small village in Chachyot tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 92 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175039, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Ger compares

By the 2011 count Ger is the 106th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 125 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Ger

Ger is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Ger as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Ger from other places

Ger lies about 24 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 48 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.

Villages closest to Ger

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chachyot tehsil.

• D P F Ladutunger under 2 km
• Seri under 2 km
• Karnala under 2 km
• Tuna under 2 km
• Kunsot under 2 km
• Bhurla 1.5 km

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.