About Gaunt Village

Gaunt is a small village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 137, made up of 70 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaunt Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaunt village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nahan
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	121 hectares
Population	137
Male Population	70
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaunt compares

By the 2011 count Gaunt is the 104th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 121 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Gaunt

Gaunt is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gaunt as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gaunt from other places

Gaunt lies about 15 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 32 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 Gaunt
Tehsil headquarters	Nahan	11 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	11 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	15 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	32 km

Villages closest to Gaunt

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaunt village had a population of 137. That makes it the 104th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Gaunt village has 70 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaunt has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Gaunt is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaunt covers 121 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gaunt falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gaunt is Barog, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gaunt.

Gaunt is about 15 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaunt is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 11 km away. Nāhan is about 11 km away. Sirmaur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.