About Galhana Village

Galhana is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 136, made up of 64 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Galhana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Galhana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171226
Area (hectares)	153 hectares
Population	136
Male Population	64
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,125
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Galhana compares

By the 2011 count Galhana is the 227th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 153 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Galhana

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

Galhana lies about 27 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 Galhana
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	14 km
District headquarters	Shimla	27 km

Villages closest to Galhana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Galhana village had a population of 136. That makes it the 227th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Galhana village has 64 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Galhana has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Galhana is 171226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Galhana covers 153 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Galhana falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Galhana 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 Galhana.

Galhana is about 27 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Galhana is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 14 km away. Shimla is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.