About Garahan Village

Garahan is a small village in Nihri tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 353, made up of 189 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Nihri
Pincode	175038
Area (hectares)	149 hectares
Population	353
Male Population	189
Female Population	164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garahan compares

By the 2011 count Garahan is the 26th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 176 residents. Its 149 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 979.

Getting to Garahan

Garahan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garahan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Garahan from other places

Garahan lies about 8.0 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 26 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 Garahan
District headquarters	Mandi	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nihri	27 km

Villages closest to Garahan

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Garahan

As per the Census of India 2011, Garahan village had a population of 353. That makes it the 26th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 176 residents.

Garahan village has 189 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garahan has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Garahan is 175038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garahan covers 149 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garahan falls under Nihri tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garahan is Buffer Stop, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garahan.

Garahan is about 8.0 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garahan is in Nihri tehsil of Mandi district. Mandi is about 8.0 km away. Buffer Stop is about 26 km away. Nihri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.