About Ghandal Village

Ghandal is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 114 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghandal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghandal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	114.93 hectares
Population	209
Male Population	114
Female Population	95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghandal compares

By the 2011 count Ghandal is the 107th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 114.93 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Ghandal

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

Ghandal lies about 13 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 9.5 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 Ghandal
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	13 km
District headquarters	Shimla	13 km

Villages closest to Ghandal

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 Ghandal

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghandal village had a population of 209. That makes it the 107th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Ghandal village has 114 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghandal has about 833 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 Ghandal is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghandal covers 114.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghandal is Jutogh, about 9.5 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 Ghandal.

Ghandal is about 13 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghandal is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 9.5 km away. Shimla Rural is about 13 km away. Shimla is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.