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About Garkahan Village

Garkahan is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 253, made up of 126 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171018, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garkahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garkahan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Seoni
Pincode 171018
Area (hectares) 57 hectares
Population 253
Male Population 126
Female Population 127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garkahan compares

By the 2011 count Garkahan is the 40th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 57 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Garkahan

Garkahan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garkahan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Garkahan from other places

Garkahan lies about 31 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 31 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 Garkahan
Tehsil headquarters Seoni 18 km
District headquarters Shimla 31 km
Nearest railway station Summer Hill 31 km

Villages closest to Garkahan

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.

Common questions about Garkahan

As per the Census of India 2011, Garkahan village had a population of 253. That makes it the 40th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Garkahan village has 126 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garkahan has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Garkahan is 171018. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garkahan covers 57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Garkahan is Summer Hill, about 31 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 <5 km distance for Garkahan.

Garkahan is about 31 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garkahan is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 18 km away. Shimla is about 31 km away. Summer Hill is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jangal Sarya (1.8 km), Jangal Beru Tikkar (3.7 km) and Jangal Hashkar (3.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Garkahan today is likely to be higher.

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