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About Guglehar Village

Guglehar is a mid sized village in Amb tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 859, made up of 415 males and 444 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 289.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guglehar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guglehar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Amb
Pincode 177208
Area (hectares) 289.2 hectares
Population 859
Male Population 415
Female Population 444
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,070
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guglehar compares

By the 2011 count Guglehar is the 75th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 289.2 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Guglehar

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

Guglehar lies about 42 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 19 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 Guglehar
Tehsil headquarters Amb 19 km
Nearest railway station Tripal 19 km
Nearest town Talwāra 32 km
District headquarters Una 42 km

Villages closest to Guglehar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guglehar village had a population of 859. That makes it the 75th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Guglehar village has 415 males and 444 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guglehar has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Guglehar is 177208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guglehar covers 289.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Guglehar falls under Amb tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Guglehar is Tripal, about 19 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 Guglehar.

Guglehar is about 42 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guglehar is in Amb tehsil of Una district. Amb is about 19 km away. Tripal is about 19 km away. Talwāra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amlehar (under 2 km), Behar Jaswan Kashi (under 2 km) and Bhalehar (under 2 km).

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

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