About Gaihar Village

Gaihar is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 33, made up of 17 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaihar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaihar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173234
Area (hectares)	64.81 hectares
Population	33
Male Population	17
Female Population	16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaihar compares

By the 2011 count Gaihar is the 220th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 64.81 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Gaihar

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

Gaihar lies about 6.5 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kandaghat, about 4.9 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 Gaihar
Nearest railway station	Kandaghat	4.9 km
District headquarters	Solan	6.5 km

Villages closest to Gaihar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaihar village had a population of 33. That makes it the 220th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Gaihar village has 17 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaihar has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Gaihar is 173234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaihar covers 64.81 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.

Gaihar falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gaihar is Kandaghat, about 4.9 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 Gaihar.

Gaihar is about 6.5 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaihar is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Kandaghat is about 4.9 km away. Solan is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.