About Kandhar Ghat Village

Kandhar Ghat is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 124 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171018, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandhar Ghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandhar Ghat village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Seoni
Pincode	171018
Area (hectares)	182.53 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	124
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandhar Ghat compares

By the 2011 count Kandhar Ghat is the 44th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 182.53 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Kandhar Ghat

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

Kandhar Ghat lies about 16 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 13 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 Kandhar Ghat
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	11 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	13 km
District headquarters	Shimla	16 km

Villages closest to Kandhar Ghat

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 Kandhar Ghat

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandhar Ghat village had a population of 248. That makes it the 44th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Kandhar Ghat village has 124 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandhar Ghat has about 1000 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 Kandhar Ghat is 171018. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandhar Ghat covers 182.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandhar Ghat falls under Seoni tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kandhar Ghat is Jutogh, about 13 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 Kandhar Ghat.

Kandhar Ghat 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.

Kandhar Ghat is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 11 km away. Jutogh is about 13 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.