About Ghati Village

Ghati is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 384, made up of 195 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghati village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171006
Area (hectares)	174.45 hectares
Population	384
Male Population	195
Female Population	189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghati compares

By the 2011 count Ghati is the 34th 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 174.45 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Ghati

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

Ghati lies about 16 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 3.6 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 Ghati
Nearest railway station	Salogra	3.6 km
Nearest town	Solan	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	16 km
District headquarters	Shimla	16 km

Villages closest to Ghati

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 Ghati

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghati village had a population of 384. That makes it the 34th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Ghati village has 195 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghati has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Ghati is 171006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghati covers 174.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghati is Salogra, about 3.6 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 Ghati.

Ghati 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.

Ghati is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 3.6 km away. Solan is about 7.1 km away. Shimla Rural is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.