About Grain Village

Grain is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 43, made up of 23 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Grain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Grain village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173217
Area (hectares)	50 hectares
Population	43
Male Population	23
Female Population	20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
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 Grain compares

By the 2011 count Grain is the 194th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 50 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 967.

Getting to Grain

Grain is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Grain 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 Grain from other places

Grain lies about 32 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 30 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 Grain
Nearest railway station	Salogra	30 km
Nearest town	Shimla	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	32 km
District headquarters	Solan	32 km

Villages closest to Grain

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 Grain

As per the Census of India 2011, Grain village had a population of 43. That makes it the 194th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Grain village has 23 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Grain has about 870 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 Grain is 173217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Grain covers 50 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Grain is Salogra, about 30 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 Grain.

Grain is about 32 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Grain is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Salogra is about 30 km away. Shimla is about 32 km away. Kandaghat is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.