About Garghon Palashon Village

Garghon Palashon is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 50 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 700 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garghon Palashon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garghon Palashon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Pachhad
Pincode	173024
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	85
Male Population	50
Female Population	35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	700
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garghon Palashon compares

By the 2011 count Garghon Palashon is the 212th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 951.

Getting to Garghon Palashon

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

Garghon Palashon lies about 26 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 16 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 Garghon Palashon
Nearest railway station	Barog	16 km
Nearest town	Solan	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pachhad	26 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	26 km

Villages closest to Garghon Palashon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pachhad 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 Garghon Palashon

As per the Census of India 2011, Garghon Palashon village had a population of 85. That makes it the 212th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Garghon Palashon village has 50 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garghon Palashon has about 700 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Garghon Palashon is 173024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garghon Palashon covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garghon Palashon falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garghon Palashon is Barog, about 16 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 Garghon Palashon.

Garghon Palashon is about 26 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garghon Palashon is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Barog is about 16 km away. Solan is about 17 km away. Pachhad is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.