About Galot Village

Galot is a small village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 40 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 775 females per 1000 males. The village covers 12.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Galot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Galot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Nalagarh
Pincode	174011
Area (hectares)	12.05 hectares
Population	71
Male Population	40
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	775
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Galot compares

By the 2011 count Galot is the 230th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 12.05 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Galot

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

Galot lies about 49 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 Galot
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nalagarh	19 km
Nearest town	Baddi	29 km
District headquarters	Solan	49 km

Villages closest to Galot

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 Galot

As per the Census of India 2011, Galot village had a population of 71. That makes it the 230th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Galot village has 40 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Galot has about 775 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 Galot is 174011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Galot covers 12.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Galot 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 Galot.

Galot is about 49 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Galot is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 16 km away. Nalagarh is about 19 km away. Baddi is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.