About Gainda Village

Gainda is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 59, made up of 35 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 686 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gainda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gainda village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Seoni
Pincode	171007
Area (hectares)	47 hectares
Population	59
Male Population	35
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	686
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gainda compares

By the 2011 count Gainda is the 152nd largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 47 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Gainda

Gainda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gainda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gainda from other places

Gainda lies about 13 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 Gainda
District headquarters	Shimla	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	17 km

Villages closest to Gainda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gainda village had a population of 59. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Gainda village has 35 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gainda has about 686 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Gainda is 171007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gainda covers 47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gainda falls under Seoni tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Gainda 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 10+ km distance for Gainda.

Gainda is about 13 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gainda is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 13 km away. Seoni is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.