About Ghansot Village

Ghansot is a mid sized village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,453, made up of 775 males and 678 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghansot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghansot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Nalagarh
Pincode	174101
Area (hectares)	162.8 hectares
Population	1,453
Male Population	775
Female Population	678
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghansot compares

By the 2011 count Ghansot is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 162.8 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Ghansot

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

Ghansot lies about 41 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Ghanauli, about 13 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 Ghansot
Tehsil headquarters	Nalagarh	2.0 km
Nearest railway station	Ghanauli	13 km
Nearest town	Baddi	13 km
District headquarters	Solan	41 km

Villages closest to Ghansot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghansot village had a population of 1,453. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Ghansot village has 775 males and 678 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghansot has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Ghansot is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghansot covers 162.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ghansot falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghansot is Ghanauli, about 13 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 Ghansot.

Ghansot is about 41 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghansot is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Nalagarh is about 2.0 km away. Ghanauli is about 13 km away. Baddi is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.