About Gauhra Village

Gauhra is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 185 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gauhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gauhra village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173212
Area (hectares)	74.81 hectares
Population	329
Male Population	185
Female Population	144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	778
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gauhra compares

By the 2011 count Gauhra is the 20th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 74.81 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Gauhra

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

Gauhra lies about 9.8 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 8.8 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 Gauhra
Nearest railway station	Salogra	8.8 km
District headquarters	Solan	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	13 km

Villages closest to Gauhra

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 Gauhra

As per the Census of India 2011, Gauhra village had a population of 329. That makes it the 20th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Gauhra village has 185 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gauhra has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Gauhra is 173212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gauhra covers 74.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gauhra is Salogra, about 8.8 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 Gauhra.

Gauhra is about 9.8 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gauhra is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Salogra is about 8.8 km away. Solan is about 9.8 km away. Kandaghat is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.