About Ganwi Village

Ganwi is a mid sized village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 954, made up of 509 males and 445 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 766 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganwi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganwi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172101
Area (hectares)	766 hectares
Population	954
Male Population	509
Female Population	445
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganwi compares

By the 2011 count Ganwi is the 14th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 766 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 962.

Getting to Ganwi

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

Ganwi lies about 35 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 Ganwi
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	30 km
District headquarters	Shimla	35 km

Villages closest to Ganwi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganwi village had a population of 954. That makes it the 14th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Ganwi village has 509 males and 445 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganwi has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Ganwi is 172101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganwi covers 766 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ganwi falls under Rampur tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Ganwi 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 Ganwi.

Ganwi is about 35 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganwi is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 30 km away. Shimla is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.