About Gahan Village

Gahan is a small village in Nankhari tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 487, made up of 271 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nankhari
Pincode	172021
Area (hectares)	138.43 hectares
Population	487
Male Population	271
Female Population	216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	797
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gahan compares

By the 2011 count Gahan is the 16th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 138.43 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 977.

Getting to Gahan

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

Gahan lies about 29 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 Gahan
Tehsil headquarters	Nankhari	19 km
District headquarters	Shimla	29 km

Villages closest to Gahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahan village had a population of 487. That makes it the 16th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Gahan village has 271 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahan has about 797 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Gahan is 172021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gahan covers 138.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gahan falls under Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Gahan 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 Gahan.

Gahan is about 29 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahan is in Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district. Nankhari is about 19 km away. Shimla is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.