About Gandhol Village

Gandhol is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 177, made up of 89 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandhol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhol village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kasauli
Pincode	173209
Area (hectares)	34.09 hectares
Population	177
Male Population	89
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gandhol compares

By the 2011 count Gandhol is the 78th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 34.09 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Gandhol

Gandhol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gandhol 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gandhol from other places

Gandhol lies about 14 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Sonwara, about 5.1 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 Gandhol
Tehsil headquarters	Kasauli	2.5 km
Nearest railway station	Sonwara	5.1 km
Nearest town	Kālka	9.2 km
District headquarters	Solan	14 km

Villages closest to Gandhol

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 Gandhol

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhol village had a population of 177. That makes it the 78th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Gandhol village has 89 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhol has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

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

Gandhol covers 34.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gandhol is Sonwara, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Gandhol is about 14 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandhol is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Kasauli is about 2.5 km away. Sonwara is about 5.1 km away. Kālka is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.