About Gorat Village

Gorat is a small village in Sandhol tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 361, made up of 158 males and 203 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,285 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175051, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorat village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Sandhol
Pincode	175051
Area (hectares)	154.57 hectares
Population	361
Male Population	158
Female Population	203
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,285
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorat compares

By the 2011 count Gorat is the 14th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 297 residents. Its 154.57 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1131.

Getting to Gorat

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

Gorat lies about 97 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 19 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 Gorat
Nearest town	Dharamsala	18 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sandhol	23 km
District headquarters	Mandi	97 km

Villages closest to Gorat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorat village had a population of 361. That makes it the 14th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 297 residents.

Gorat village has 158 males and 203 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorat has about 1285 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1131.

The pincode recorded for Gorat is 175051. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorat covers 154.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorat falls under Sandhol tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gorat is Jawanwala Shahr, about 19 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 Gorat.

Gorat is about 97 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorat is in Sandhol tehsil of Mandi district. Dharamsala is about 18 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 19 km away. Sandhol is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.