About Gahi Village

Gahi is a mid sized village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,384, made up of 835 males and 549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 657 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kasauli
Pincode	173209
Area (hectares)	67.92 hectares
Population	1,384
Male Population	835
Female Population	549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	657
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gahi compares

By the 2011 count Gahi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 67.92 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Gahi

Gahi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gahi 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gahi from other places

Gahi lies about 12 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jabli, about under 2 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 Gahi
Nearest railway station	Jabli	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kasauli	2.5 km
Nearest town	Kālka	7.1 km
District headquarters	Solan	12 km

Villages closest to Gahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahi village had a population of 1,384. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Gahi village has 835 males and 549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahi has about 657 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Gahi is 173209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gahi covers 67.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gahi falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gahi is Jabli, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gahi.

Gahi is about 12 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahi is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Jabli is about under 2 km away. Kasauli is about 2.5 km away. Kālka is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.