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About Gharyach Village

Gharyach is a small village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 49, made up of 26 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharyach Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharyach village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Nalagarh
Pincode 174011
Area (hectares) 66.02 hectares
Population 49
Male Population 26
Female Population 23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gharyach compares

By the 2011 count Gharyach is the 247th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 66.02 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Gharyach

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

Gharyach lies about 48 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 16 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 Gharyach
Nearest railway station Kiratpur Sahib 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Nalagarh 18 km
Nearest town Baddi 28 km
District headquarters Solan 48 km

Villages closest to Gharyach

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.

Common questions about Gharyach

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharyach village had a population of 49. That makes it the 247th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Gharyach village has 26 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharyach has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Gharyach is 174011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharyach covers 66.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gharyach is Kiratpur Sahib, about 16 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 Gharyach.

Gharyach is about 48 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharyach is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 16 km away. Nalagarh is about 18 km away. Baddi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Galot (under 2 km), Kasla (under 2 km) and Banal (under 2 km).

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

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