About Gain Village

Gain is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 119 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gain village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	173210
Area (hectares)	160.09 hectares
Population	229
Male Population	119
Female Population	110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gain compares

By the 2011 count Gain is the 57th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 160.09 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Gain

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

Gain lies about 30 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 29 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 Gain
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	29 km
District headquarters	Shimla	30 km

Villages closest to Gain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gain village had a population of 229. That makes it the 57th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Gain village has 119 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gain has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Gain is 173210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gain covers 160.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gain falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gain is Salogra, about 29 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 Gain.

Gain is about 30 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gain is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 9.8 km away. Salogra is about 29 km away. Shimla is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.