About Ghalja Village

Ghalja is a small village in Renuka tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 113 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghalja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghalja village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Renuka
Pincode	173022
Area (hectares)	154.4 hectares
Population	216
Male Population	113
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghalja compares

By the 2011 count Ghalja is the 64th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 640 residents. Its 154.4 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Ghalja

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

Ghalja lies about 10 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 49 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 Ghalja
Tehsil headquarters	Renuka	10 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	10 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	20 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	49 km

Villages closest to Ghalja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghalja village had a population of 216. That makes it the 64th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 640 residents.

Ghalja village has 113 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghalja has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Ghalja is 173022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghalja covers 154.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghalja falls under Renuka tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghalja is Salogra, about 49 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 Ghalja.

Ghalja is about 10 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghalja is in Renuka tehsil of Sirmaur district. Renuka is about 10 km away. Sirmaur is about 10 km away. Nāhan is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.