About Gadaon Village

Gadaon is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 64 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadaon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Ramshahr
Pincode	174102
Area (hectares)	41.38 hectares
Population	126
Male Population	64
Female Population	62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gadaon compares

By the 2011 count Gadaon is the 92nd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 41.38 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Gadaon

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

Gadaon lies about 9.8 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Koti, about 2.9 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 Gadaon
Nearest railway station	Koti	2.9 km
Nearest town	Kālka	8.2 km
District headquarters	Solan	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramshahr	33 km

Villages closest to Gadaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadaon village had a population of 126. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Gadaon village has 64 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadaon has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Gadaon is 174102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gadaon covers 41.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gadaon falls under Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gadaon is Koti, about 2.9 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 Gadaon.

Gadaon is about 9.8 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadaon is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Koti is about 2.9 km away. Kālka is about 8.2 km away. Solan is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.