About Gunsa Village

Gunsa is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 67 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunsa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	173210
Area (hectares)	69.97 hectares
Population	131
Male Population	67
Female Population	64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gunsa compares

By the 2011 count Gunsa is the 111th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 69.97 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Gunsa

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

Gunsa lies about 46 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 45 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 Gunsa
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	14 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	45 km
District headquarters	Shimla	46 km

Villages closest to Gunsa

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 Gunsa

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunsa village had a population of 131. That makes it the 111th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Gunsa village has 67 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunsa has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

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

Gunsa covers 69.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gunsa is Salogra, about 45 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 Gunsa.

Gunsa is about 46 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunsa is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 14 km away. Salogra is about 45 km away. Shimla is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.