About Ghunsa Village

Ghunsa is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 76 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghunsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghunsa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171216
Area (hectares)	143 hectares
Population	171
Male Population	76
Female Population	95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,250
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghunsa compares

By the 2011 count Ghunsa is the 86th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Ghunsa

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

Ghunsa lies about 56 km from Shimla. 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 Ghunsa
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	11 km
District headquarters	Shimla	56 km

Villages closest to Ghunsa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghunsa village had a population of 171. That makes it the 86th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Ghunsa village has 76 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghunsa has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Ghunsa is 171216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghunsa covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghunsa falls under Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Ghunsa notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ghunsa.

Ghunsa is about 56 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghunsa is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 11 km away. Shimla is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.