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About Gharti Kalan Village

Gharti Kalan is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 29, made up of 15 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharti Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharti Kalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kasauli
Pincode 173209
Area (hectares) 22.11 hectares
Population 29
Male Population 15
Female Population 14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gharti Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gharti Kalan is the 217th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 22.11 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Gharti Kalan

The census records public bus service for Gharti Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gharti Kalan from other places

Gharti Kalan lies about 4.8 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 1.5 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 Gharti Kalan
Nearest railway station Salogra 1.5 km
District headquarters Solan 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kasauli 18 km

Villages closest to Gharti Kalan

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.

Common questions about Gharti Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharti Kalan village had a population of 29. That makes it the 217th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Gharti Kalan village has 15 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharti Kalan has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

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

Gharti Kalan covers 22.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gharti Kalan falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gharti Kalan is Salogra, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gharti Kalan.

Gharti Kalan is about 4.8 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharti Kalan is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Salogra is about 1.5 km away. Solan is about 4.8 km away. Kasauli is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gharti Banani (under 2 km), Gharti Khurd (under 2 km) and Lalhartu (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gharti Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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