About Gawahan Village

Gawahan is a small village in Padhar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 101, made up of 46 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,196 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Padhar
Pincode	176121
Area (hectares)	37.5 hectares
Population	101
Male Population	46
Female Population	55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,196
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawahan compares

By the 2011 count Gawahan is the 162nd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 256 residents. Its 37.5 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Gawahan

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

Gawahan lies about 11 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 32 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 Gawahan
District headquarters	Mandi	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Padhar	15 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	32 km

Villages closest to Gawahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawahan village had a population of 101. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 256 residents.

Gawahan village has 46 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawahan has about 1196 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Gawahan is 176121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawahan covers 37.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gawahan falls under Padhar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gawahan is Buffer Stop, about 32 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 Gawahan.

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

Gawahan is in Padhar tehsil of Mandi district. Mandi is about 11 km away. Padhar is about 15 km away. Buffer Stop is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.