About Ganga Nagar Village

Ganga Nagar is a small village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 214, made up of 116 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganga Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganga Nagar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rohru
Pincode	171207
Area (hectares)	65.21 hectares
Population	214
Male Population	116
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	845
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganga Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Ganga Nagar is the 72nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 65.21 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 938.

Getting to Ganga Nagar

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

Ganga Nagar lies about 49 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 Ganga Nagar
Tehsil headquarters	Rohru	9.3 km
District headquarters	Shimla	49 km

Villages closest to Ganga Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rohru 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 Ganga Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganga Nagar village had a population of 214. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Ganga Nagar village has 116 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganga Nagar has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Ganga Nagar is 171207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganga Nagar covers 65.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganga Nagar falls under Rohru tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Ganga Nagar 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 Ganga Nagar.

Ganga Nagar is about 49 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganga Nagar is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Rohru is about 9.3 km away. Shimla is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.