About Geah Village

Geah is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 355, made up of 196 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Geah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Geah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	173215
Area (hectares)	205.27 hectares
Population	355
Male Population	196
Female Population	159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	811
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Geah compares

By the 2011 count Geah is the 42nd largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 205.27 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 987.

Getting to Geah

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

Geah lies about 10 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Shoghi railway station, about 4.0 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 Geah
Nearest railway station	Shoghi railway station	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	10 km
District headquarters	Shimla	10 km

Villages closest to Geah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Geah

As per the Census of India 2011, Geah village had a population of 355. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Geah village has 196 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Geah has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Geah is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Geah covers 205.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Geah falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Geah is Shoghi railway station, about 4.0 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 10+ km distance for Geah.

Geah is about 10 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Geah is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shoghi railway station is about 4.0 km away. Shimla Rural is about 10 km away. Shimla is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.