About Gonthla Village

Gonthla is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 80 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172037, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gonthla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gonthla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	172037
Area (hectares)	31.11 hectares
Population	160
Male Population	80
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gonthla compares

By the 2011 count Gonthla is the 101st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 31.11 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Gonthla

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

Gonthla lies about 35 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 Gonthla
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	5.1 km
District headquarters	Shimla	35 km

Villages closest to Gonthla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gonthla village had a population of 160. That makes it the 101st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Gonthla village has 80 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gonthla has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Gonthla is 172037. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gonthla covers 31.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gonthla falls under Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Gonthla 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 village for Gonthla.

Gonthla is about 35 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gonthla is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 5.1 km away. Shimla is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.