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About Galhut Kalan Village

Galhut Kalan is a small village in Solan tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 33 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Galhut Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Galhut Kalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Solan
Pincode 173212
Area (hectares) 17.96 hectares
Population 68
Male Population 33
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,061
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Galhut Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Galhut Kalan is the 257th largest of the 441 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 149 residents. Its 17.96 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Galhut Kalan

The census records public bus service for Galhut Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Galhut Kalan from other places

Galhut Kalan lies about 13 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Barog, 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 Galhut Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Solan 13 km
Nearest railway station Barog 13 km

Villages closest to Galhut Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Solan 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 Galhut Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Galhut Kalan village had a population of 68. That makes it the 257th largest of the 441 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 149 residents.

Galhut Kalan village has 33 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Galhut Kalan has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Galhut Kalan is 173212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Galhut Kalan covers 17.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Galhut Kalan falls under Solan tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Galhut Kalan is Barog, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Galhut Kalan.

Galhut Kalan is about 13 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Galhut Kalan is in Solan tehsil of Solan district. Solan is about 13 km away. Barog is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Galhut Khurd (under 2 km), Mashwar (2.2 km) and Tawatalara (3.3 km).

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

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