About Ghariana Village

Ghariana is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 161 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghariana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghariana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Seoni
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	88.44 hectares
Population	305
Male Population	161
Female Population	144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghariana compares

By the 2011 count Ghariana is the 21st largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 88.44 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 1036.

Getting to Ghariana

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

Ghariana lies about 16 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 15 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 Ghariana
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	15 km
District headquarters	Shimla	16 km

Villages closest to Ghariana

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 Ghariana

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghariana village had a population of 305. That makes it the 21st largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Ghariana village has 161 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghariana has about 894 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 Ghariana is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghariana covers 88.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghariana is Summer Hill, about 15 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 Ghariana.

Ghariana is about 16 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghariana is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about under 2 km away. Summer Hill is about 15 km away. Shimla is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.